Across
- 3. - A handbuilding technique where long ropes of clay are used to build up walls
- 6. - Occurs when clay turns into ceramic after the first firing. Ready to be glazed.
- 8. Glaze - A form of Glazeware (finished ceramics piece) When paint is used to glaze or ‘finish’ a ceramics piece, gets sprayed with clear spray paint to seal.
- 9. - Wet & workable clay, used for handbuilding & throwing.
- 11. - a stage of the drying process where the clay has lost moisture but is not yet completely hardened. Clay is still workable at this stage.
- 12. - A sculptural technique where the sculpted and shaped elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material.
- 13. - A process that removes air bubbles from clay
- 15. - a stage of the drying process where the clay has lost all moisture and is completely hard, clay is the most fragile in this stage. Clay is NOT workable.
Down
- 1. - A handbuilding technique where you repeatedly squeeze the clay between your thumb & fingers
- 2. - A handbuilding technique where clay is rolled flat, cut into a shape and joined together by slipping and scoring
- 4. - Unfired clay (wet/plastic, leather hard & bone-dry).
- 5. - Dry clay mixed with water to create ‘ceramic glue’
- 7. Taking away clay or carving out clay from the original piece
- 10. - Adding on material to create a texture
- 14. - Creating scratches in the surface so two pieces of clay can be joined together