Across
- 3. the surface quality of an object
- 7. clay that has never been fired
- 9. helps glaze to harden after reaching temperature
- 11. gives the glaze color
- 14. the main glass former in glaze
- 15. posts and shelves in a kiln
- 19. a firing where the kiln is deprived of oxygen
- 21. tapered opening of a pot
- 23. can be applied to prevent glaze from sticking to bisque
- 25. clay that is dry enough to hold is shape but can still be worked
- 26. incised designs filled with another color of slip
- 27. finishing the bottom of a thrown pot
- 28. forcing clay to a central position on the wheel
- 29. a decomposed granite type rock
Down
- 1. causes a glaze to melt
- 2. a firing with an ample supply of oxygen
- 4. a glaze that is partially transparent
- 5. clay that is completely dry
- 6. designed to bend over when a certain temperature is reached
- 8. a disc used for throwing on the wheel
- 10. a machine that forces clay through different shaped die plates
- 12. does not allow light to pass through
- 13. a furnace designed to fire pottery to very high temperatures
- 16. flames travel up through the kiln
- 17. clay that has been fired once to 1860F
- 18. protects the surface of kiln shelves from glaze drips
- 20. fired to 2350F or cone 10
- 22. grit in clay that reduces shrinkage
- 23. kneading clay for consistency and to remove air
- 24. property of clay that makes it pliable