Across
- 1. removable flat plate placed on wheel head
- 2. thinning the wall of a pot after opening
- 4. decomposed rock combined with water
- 7. ceramic form with a lid
- 8. heating pots in a kiln to bring to maturity
- 9. flat piece of ceramic work
- 13. process of forming clay on a potter's wheel
- 15. paint for clay that adds color, not glassy
- 16. bottom edge of a ceramic pot
- 21. first shape to be mastered on the wheel
- 22. kneading clay to expel air pockets
- 23. ceramics not made on the wheel
- 26. ceramic piece that has a practical use
- 28. top edge of a ceramic pot
- 29. ceramic form with a spout and handle
- 30. unfired pottery-completely dry
Down
- 1. unglazed ceramic piece, fired once
- 3. stage of clay when it is stiff but carvable
- 5. making the hole on the wheel
- 6. thin flat sheet of clay used to build
- 7. essential step in beginning to center clay
- 10. scratch surface of clay to combine pieces
- 11. paint applied to pots after the first firing
- 12. form used to shape clay
- 13. wheel process of shaving off extra clay
- 14. a ceramic piece that is purely sculptural
- 17. machine with shaped dies to expel clay
- 18. moist and pliable clay
- 19. ceramic form starts with a ball of clay
- 20. aligning clay on wheel head
- 24. Oven built to fire pottery at high temperatures
- 25. mix of clay and water that binds clay together
- 27. process of building with ropes of clay