Ceramics Terms

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Across
  1. 2. Italian "to scratch"
  2. 5. The building method that uses snake like pieces of clay to make bigger objects
  3. 7. The special oven we use to cook clay
  4. 9. Large ribbon tool good for carving wider areas
  5. 11. Potter’s glue
  6. 13. Sharp tool good for scoring
  7. 14. How many layers of glaze a pot needs
  8. 16. The term for cooking clay
  9. 17. Building method in which you roll the clay like cookie dough
  10. 18. The material made from dirt and water
  11. 20. Colorful decoration that can be applied before or after the 1st firing
  12. 21. Tool for cutting large blocks of clay
Down
  1. 1. Small loop tool good for carving smaller areas
  2. 3. Term that refers to fresh clay
  3. 4. Absorbent tool great for cleaning
  4. 6. Clay that has been fired 1 time
  5. 8. Glass like decoration that is usually shiny after firing
  6. 10. Best time for carving details in the stages of clay
  7. 12. This building method starts as a ball of clay that is slowly squeezed between your thumb and fingers to shape
  8. 15. This tool comes in both metal, wood, or plastic; good for smoothing clay
  9. 17. Scratching the clay to attach together
  10. 18. The term used to refer to the temperature being fired to
  11. 19. Clay that is completely dry and ready to be fired