Ceramics Fall 2021 Study Guide

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