Clay Vocab Review

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Across
  1. 2. Used for cookies, cakes, and clay to create shapes
  2. 4. Used to carve out clay
  3. 8. This is something we'll be careful of as a safety precaution to protect our lungs
  4. 9. Roughing up the surface of clay pieces before adding slip and attaching them together
  5. 10. A mixture of earth and minerals that can be sculpted and fired
  6. 14. Clay that is completely dry and ready for its first firing
  7. 17. The stage of clay where it is soft and moldable
  8. 18. A decorative, often colorful, layer of glass painted and fired onto clay
  9. 22. This sharp needle like tool is used for cutting and scoring clay
  10. 23. When using play-doh, this would be called a snake
  11. 24. Used with a rolling pin to make an even slab of clay
  12. 25. The purpose an object serves
  13. 26. Pleasing to the eye, beautiful
  14. 27. Liquified clay used as glue to bind pieces together
  15. 28. This is the process of heating clay in a kiln
  16. 30. Used with guidesticks to create flat slabs of clay
  17. 32. Clay in this stage is partially dry and will crack when moved, but is perfect for carving!
Down
  1. 1. Used to squeeze or press out shaped sections of clay
  2. 3. A flat rolled out piece of clay
  3. 5. Using stamps or rubber plates you can press these interesting patterns into your clay
  4. 6. Working the clay with your hands to remove air bubbles, most important for recycled clay
  5. 7. This hair accessory can be used as a tiny loop tool for carving
  6. 10. Another name for clay and the objects made from clay
  7. 11. Traditionally made of leather, this cloth is used for smoothing out clay
  8. 12. Another name for a pin tool
  9. 13. Clay that has been fired once and is vitrified
  10. 15. Can you eat or drink clay?
  11. 16. A bowl shape formed by hand starting with a ball of clay that is squeezed between your fingers
  12. 17. In addition to stamps, this can be used to imprint words or letters into clay
  13. 18. Bisqueware that has been glazed and fired
  14. 19. This is how often you have to score & slip when attaching two pieces of clay
  15. 20. Another name for a loop tool
  16. 21. Bonus clue - Ms. Baldwin's favorite beverage!
  17. 28. The appearance of an object
  18. 29. A furnace designed to heat clay to high temperatures
  19. 31. This type of construction is done by first shaping your whole chunk of clay, then hollowing it out