Ceramic Midterm

4. A liquid clay of a creamy consistency.
6. A method of joining two pieces of clay together by scratches in the surfaces.
9. Process of making pottery on a potters wheel
10. Traditional Japanese firing
11. Furnace in which clay is fired.
12. A surface decoration technique by scratching through a slip to reveal a clay color.
16. Small conical object with a known melting point, used to indicate the temperature reached in a kiln. (2words)
18. Objects made out of clay and harden by fire.
19. Ceramic materials, usually prepared and applied in water suspension, which melts smooth and bonds to clay surface during firing.
20. Kneading the clay to eliminate air bubbles.

1. A surface decoration done on unfired white tin glaze, originating in Italy during the Renaissance.
2. Ceramic ware that has been fired once without glaze.
3. The most fragile stage of clay(2 words)
5. The main characteristic of clay
7. Specialized refractory furniture pieces equipped with ceramic or metallic points designed to support fully glazed wares during firing.
8. Long roll of clay joined into a circle.
13. Unfired ceramics.
14. High-fired vitreous ware, literally as hard and durable as stone.
15. Translucent ceramic ware
17. Ceramic colorant