pottery

4. allows the kiln to shut off automatically at the proper point
8. an impervious layer or coating of a vitreous substance which has been fused to a pottery body through firing
9. Glazes are a liquid suspension of finely ground minerals that are applied onto the surface of bisque-fired ceramic ware by brushing, pouring, or dipping.
12. smooth slabs of clay that are formed around moulds or shaped and cut by hand
13. a heating chamber used to transform materials at high temperatures
15. Refers to clay which is ready to be fired

1. the condition of a clay or clay body when it has been partially dried to the point where all shrinkage has been completed, and it has a consistency similar to leather of the same thickness as the clay
2. to scratch hatch marks on it as part of joining clay pieces together
3. a clay or clay body when it has been partially dried to the point where all shrinkage has been completed
5. adding detail to your pottery by using a sharp tool to encrave
6. clay particles suspended in water.
7. removing the glaze from the foot of a plate, jar or lid before firing, as the glaze when fired becomes glue and will adhere to whatever it touches.
10. used is to simply have a lob of clay, then pinch it to the shape desired
11. unfired clay pottery referring to a stage of production when the clay is mostly dry (leather hard) but has not yet been fired in a kiln.
14. a technique using round, snake-like strips of clay, wound around on top of one another to form cylinders, bowls or other hollow shapes