Ceramics Vocab

1. The process slapping plastic clay on the potters wheel
3. To press design/texture into clay
4. A type of oven, that produces temperature sufficient to complete the firing process
5. Ceramics that has been fired once through the kiln, the color is bright white
8. To remove clay by carving
10. Hand building technique that involves slapping clay into a broad, flat, thick piece
11. Scratching the edges of the clay and using liquid clay before joining two pieces of clay together
13. A hand-building technique that involves squeezing the clay, usually between fingers and thumb
17. Finished ceramics that have been fired twice through the kiln, coated in glaze
19. The clay is no longer cool to the touch and it ready to be fired
20. To add decorations by adding clay
21. A glaze coating Twitter has been melted onto a ceramics surface
22. Cut clay into manageable pieces and push and press on dry to expel all air bubbles trapped in the clay

2. Unfired clay, the staged slip, plastic, leather hard and bone dry are all unfired
6. A fluid suspension of clay in water used in joining clay pieces and for surface decoration
7. The property of clay that allows it to change shape without tearing or breaking
9. Attaching rolls of clay together to form pottery
12. Clay is firm, and cold to the touch, cannot be shaped anymore, but can be carved into
14. Objects made from clay that permanently retain their shape when heated
15. Crushed fired ceramics, that is group up and mixed into the clay body
16. A step in preparing day for shaping, it involves manipulating the clay in a fashion somewhat like kneading dough for bread
18. Is a term used for “cooking” the clay