Pottery Vocabulary

3. this adds color to our projects
5. an object clay is laid over to mimic the shape
7. how well something is made
11. this is the stage we glaze our projects
12. this is important to do when making a slab to prevent it from sticking to the table
14. the number of layers we need to add when glazing with a brush
15. creating this is bad because we do not want to breathe it
17. this is the glue we use to make two pieces of clay stick together
18. we fire our projects in this to vitrify them
20. you can add this to the bottom of a dish to prevent it from wobbling
22. this has to be on the bottom of our projects
23. at this stage, the clay has no water left in it
24. a flat piece of clay

1. the only place our projects should NOT have glaze
2. sticks used to make a slab a consistent thickness
4. 50% of the moisture is gone from the clay
6. this is made by making a ball, putting our thumb in and pinching
8. nothing can be thicker than your _______
9. this is what glaze becomes in the kiln
10. this is when you put little lines on the clay to make two pieces stick together
13. use this tool to remove glaze from spots your do not want it to be
16. the percentage of shrinkage of our particular clay
19. little pieces of clay stuck to your project and get sharp after going in the kiln
21. this form in areas where rocks are in contact with water