Across
- 3. the clay oven
- 4. another word for pottery
- 7. the first firing that hardens air-dried clay and turns it into ceramics
- 14. partially dried clay that no longer bends, but can be incised into
- 15. clay can be no thicker than this, or it may explode in the kiln
- 16. wetted clay mixture
- 17. sponge-like
- 18. the most fragile state of clay in the ceramics process
- 19. this can be harmful if you are exposed to it for long periods of time
Down
- 1. creating a clay pot on the potter's wheel
- 2. glass-like material that melts in the kiln
- 4. sticky, wet substance that you can build with
- 5. rope-like piece of clay rolled out using your hands
- 6. to scratch up the surface
- 8. useful
- 9. do not glaze this part of your ceramics
- 10. bendable
- 11. remove air bubbles from clay by slamming pieces together or onto a surface
- 12. do not trap air in a sculpture, or this might happen in the kiln
- 13. pressing textured surfaces into the clay