Section B/C Techniques and Equipment
Across
- 2. A machine with paddle gear for grinding and mixing plastic clay.
- 4. A hand-building method of construction, which utilizes rolls of clay in the plastic state.
- 6. A hand-building method of construction using clay in the leather-hard state that utilizes flat pieces of clay.
- 9. The forming of ceramics without a wheel, ( pinch, coil, slab).
- 11. The process of kneading plastic clay with the fingers and heel of the hands in a spiral motion.
- 12. To scratch the surface of something to make it rough.
Down
- 1. A hand-building method of construction where a ball of clay in the plastic state is repeatedly pinched.
- 3. A large piece of equipment that allows the artist to flatten out clay evenly throughout.
- 5. A hand-forming method of construction where a ball of clay is hollowed out on a revolving wheel head.
- 7. A small portable turntable used for rotating pottery in any state in order to work on or decorate the pottery.
- 8. A furnace for firing ceramic products.
- 10. A cabinet in which unfinished clay objects are stored to slow their drying. *Plastic wrap is also used to keep clay damp.