Ceramics

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  1. 2. To scratch the surface of clay before adding slip, so the clay sticks when you put the pieces together.
  2. 5. To smooth or spread out the clay with your fingers or a tool, usually to blend pieces or smooth the surface.
  3. 6. Rolling out clay into rope like pieces.
  4. 8. a person who makes pots and dishes from clay, by hand or on a potter’s wheel.
  5. 9. A special oven that is used to bake clay pottery or sculptures. It hardens the clay and makes it strong, and it also helps the glaze become shiny.
  6. 10. A shiny, colorful paint that you put on clay to make it smooth and colorful. After firing, it makes the pottery look shiny and protects it.
Down
  1. 1. objects made of clay hardened by heat.
  2. 3. A flat surface where you work with clay. It helps keep the clay from sticking to the table or your hands.
  3. 4. Clay that has been changed from a lump into a flat piece by rolling.
  4. 5. A watery mixture of clay and water, kind of like a glue, that helps stick pieces of clay together.
  5. 7. The process of heading clay in a kiln to make it hard and strong.