Pottery vocab review

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Across
  1. 1. hand-made pottery produced from ancient times to the present
  2. 3. fire process of firing unglazed clay to a low temperature to harden the clay
  3. 6. thin layer of liquid which is put on a piece of pottery and becomes hard and shiny
  4. 7. liquefied suspension of clay particles in water
  5. 10. piece of handmade pottery
  6. 12. American Indians that made building up sides of pots with successive rolls of clay
  7. 14. dry clay which is ready to be fired
  8. 15. clay is rolled into thin sheets and manipulated into shapes
  9. 16. fire firing to temperature at which glaze melts to form glasslike surface
  10. 17. an oven or furnace that is used for hardening, burning,or drying something
  11. 18. glaze has been applied and fired for a second time
  12. 19. hand clay that is hard to bend but soft enough to be carved
Down
  1. 2. derives from Greek which translates as "of pottery" or for "pottery"
  2. 4. joining clay pieces together
  3. 5. organic substances and additives can affect the plasticity of clays
  4. 8. building allows you to create forms with clay and your hands without using a throwing wheel
  5. 9. unfired clay
  6. 11. makes clay more pliable, ensures a uniform consistency and removes air pockets as well as small hard spots
  7. 13. the process from the time the clay touches the wheel to the time the wheel is stopped
  8. 14. has been fired for the first time