Across
- 1. Wax coat that can be put on stained or painted ceramics.
- 4. Forming clay objects by pouring slip into a hallow plaster mold.
- 5. Matte-dull, no gloss. Shiny- gives off light, reflective, glossy.
- 7. To mix up clay with your hands, (knead) to get the air out and mix up the clay.
- 8. Working clay on the potter's wheel.
- 9. To take away from the sculpture.
- 12. Smooth until shiny using a tool.
- 16. No glaze on the bottom of the pot.
- 17. The contraction of clay when it dries. If shrinkage occurs to quickly the clay will crack or break.
- 18. To apply a finish, then wipe off most of the material applied leaving the finish in the cracks and pores.
- 20. Can stand on it's own without any base or support.
- 21. Class like coat, can be painted, dipped, or pored on. Glaze fuses to the pot when fired.
- 22. To remove material by digging into the surface.
- 23. Type of paint that washes with water.
- 26. Porous-to have small holes - not waterproof.
- 30. the Round To view an artwork from all sides.
- 31. Decorative process- to scratch a line through a layer of slip to expose the contrasting clay below.
- 32. The roughness or smoothness of a surface.
Down
- 1. Wire used to cut plastic clay when wedging.
- 2. The dimensions and proportion of an object. The size of the object.
- 3. Slab of plaster of paris used to partially fry slip
- 6. One unit of a pattern.
- 10. Lip: the opening, Walls: the sides, Foot: the base or bottom.
- 11. Using a paddle to smooth or shape the surface of a pot.
- 13. Rough-up the clay surface for joining two pieces of clay.
- 14. Small three sided cone that is placed in the kiln to shut it off.
- 15. Used under clay to keep the clay from sticking to the table.
- 18. Prongs used to lift the clay off the kiln floor.
- 19. Oven for baking clay that heats to a very hot temperature.
- 24. Many motifs together.
- 25. Rolling pins used to make slabs.
- 27. A raised design on a slab.
- 28. 3 dimensional art
- 29. Substance which causes another to melt. Used in glaze.