wheel throwing techniques and vocabulary
Across
- 3. hard the stage of the clay when it is ready to be trimmed.
- 7. the process of raising the walls of a piece.
- 8. loop The tool used for trimming the bottom of a thrown piece.
- 10. inch the amount of clay left at the bottom of a piece on the wheel.
- 11. the force of the potters wheel.
- 14. the process of creating a clay vessel on the potters wheel.
- 16. enlarging the middle of a piece on the wheel.
- 17. the process of putting a hole in the middle of a wheel piece.
Down
- 1. the circular disk used to put your piece on.
- 2. Wedging the clay makes it more_________
- 4. ear sponge used on the wheel.
- 5. the easiest way to wedge the clay.
- 6. the act of forcing the clay to the middle of the wheel.
- 8. together you hands should always_____ ______ when throwing.
- 9. the technique for cleaning up the base of thrown pottery.
- 12. giving a cylinder a more pleasing form.
- 13. the cylindrical form on the bottom of a piece.
- 15. Tool a tool used to cut off the uneven top of a piece.