Ceramics Review

2. Dry- Unfired clay ready or nearly ready for firing
4. Clay rolled out between two yard sticks
5. Starting with a ball of clay the artist makes an indentation into the ball and forms a bowl shape through a combination of stroking and pinching the clay.
6. The physical outline of an object or surface
8. special attention given to something to make it stand out
9. A brownish-orange clay body commonly used for ceramic sculpture
11. A glassy, non-porous state caused by heat or fusion. Will happen after the last firing process.
14. Hard- A damp condition of the clay when it is too firm to bend yet soft enough to be carved
15. A kiln firing in which there is insufficient oxygen
19. an arrangement of ELEMENTS to form a design.
20. the arrangement of parts to create the effect of total organization

1. to ceramics before firing that forms a glass-like surface
3. A firing atmosphere with ample oxygen.
7. A low-fire clay, porous and not waterproof to be functional, it must be glazed
10. - a high temperature clay body that matures and fires to a high temperature, what we use.
12. Nations- Native culture of the northwest and Canada
13. The furnace in which ceramics are fired
16. Long strands of clay which are laid on top of each other and joined through blending
17. These decorations are surface designs cut into the clay
18. an arrangement of ELEMENTS to form a design.