POTTERY TERMS

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Across
  1. 2. a hold at end of firing cycle
  2. 3. this keeps glaze at bay
  3. 4. another term for silica
  4. 9. main ingredient in beach sand
  5. 10. keep this product out of your clay
  6. 11. forming clay without a wheel
  7. 16. scratching through glaze
  8. 18. the lowest part of a pot
  9. 19. ready to fire - 2 words
  10. 20. atmosphere in electric kiln
  11. 21. this is done before using glazes
  12. 22. device to measure kiln temperature
  13. 23. used to join pieces of clay
  14. 25. once fired clay object
  15. 26. one who makes clay wares
  16. 28. glaze defect showing bubbles
  17. 32. abbreviation for red iron
  18. 33. refractory clay - 2 words
  19. 35. parabolic arch sort of kiln
  20. 37. kneading clay before work
  21. 39. hand building with snakes of clay
  22. 40. calcined bone - two words
  23. 41. this leaves the body
  24. 43. machine to process clay - 2 words
  25. 45. firing with reduced oxygen
  26. 46. firing method with lots of smoke
  27. 48. another term for silica
  28. 50. opposite of acidic
  29. 51. forming on the wheel
  30. 54. firing too hot causes this
  31. 55. wares with no poisonous ingredients
  32. 56. broken bit of pottery
Down
  1. 1. mixture of kaolin and alumina
  2. 3. another name for calcium carbonate
  3. 5. hydrous aluminum silicate minerals
  4. 6. loading a kiln
  5. 7. items holding sheves up
  6. 8. this oxide gives you the blues
  7. 12. without form, glasslike
  8. 13. glazing method using tongs
  9. 14. separate agglomerates in a slurry with chemicals
  10. 15. ground prefired clay
  11. 17. common aluminosilicate glaze ingredient
  12. 19. added to glazes to prevent settling
  13. 24. shine a pot by rubbing
  14. 27. glass like mature clay
  15. 29. unfired ceramic articles
  16. 30. china clay
  17. 31. look into the kiln using this
  18. 34. caused by water in the kiln
  19. 36. turn this on when using kiln
  20. 38. happens as clay dries and is fired
  21. 42. glaze fault with lots of little cracks
  22. 44. glaze with no gloss
  23. 47. chemicals in glaze promoting melting
  24. 49. bare spot defect on fired glaze
  25. 52. opacifier containing zirconium
  26. 53. where glazes are found