Ceramics Terms Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. liquid clay
  2. 6. furnace of bricks for firing pottery
  3. 8. glass-like surface coating that is used to decorate and seal pores of fired clay
  4. 9. kneading clay to expel all air pockets
  5. 10. base of a ceramic form
  6. 12. cross-hatch and moistening method of putting together clay
  7. 13. a piece of clay rolled by hand like a rope or snake
  8. 14. to heat a clay object in a kiln
  9. 16. clay at any stage that has not been fired
  10. 17. fine-grained earth materials made from decomposing rock
  11. 18. unfired clay that is completely dry
Down
  1. 1. the final firing, with glaze
  2. 2. pottery that has been fired once
  3. 4. a device with a rotating wheel used to throw clay
  4. 5. method of pinching clay into a vessel
  5. 7. workability, the ability to shape clay
  6. 11. creating ceramic shapes on a potter's wheel
  7. 15. method in hand building where clay is rolled out into flat sheets