Ceramics Fall 2021 Study Guide

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Across
  1. 1. Wet slop. Can be used as pottery glue.
  2. 4. A flat rolled-out piece of clay.
  3. 6. This is an oven-like chamber used for the firing of materials, such as clay and glaze, to form ceramics.
  4. 7. Hand-rolled "ropes" or "snakes" of clay.
  5. 8. What we use to build projects in ceramics class.
  6. 9. A tool that is good for carving clay and hollowing clay that is too thick.
  7. 10. What you must do to remove air bubbles from recycled clay.
  8. 11. dry Air-dried clay that is ready for the bisque fire.
  9. 12. A mixture of water and powdered glass used to color, decorate, strengthen, or waterproof a bisque object.
  10. 14. Before glazing, ________ is painted 1/4” around the base and up the sides of your bisque ware.
  11. 15. The small slash marks made in wet clay to help join two pieces of wet clay together.
Down
  1. 2. The first method of hand-building that we learned.
  2. 3. Clay that is too dry or too overworked to use is __________.
  3. 4. The cabinet where you 1st put your clay artwork to dry for at least one night. ______ dry cabinet.
  4. 5. _____ ware is clay that has been fired one time.
  5. 6. This tool is blue, made out of plastic, and you use it to blend clay seams.
  6. 10. You spray this on clay to keep it from getting too dry.
  7. 13. Hard Clay that is dried but still damp. It is good for carving.