Ceramics Vocabulary

1. A type of handbuilding using rolled coils of clay.
3. A hand building process using rolled flat sections of clay.
6. The process of kneading air out of the clay.
9. A hand building method that is formed by pinching clay with your fingers.
10. The glass coating that is fused to the surface of finished clay products.
11. The stage of clay when all moisture is gone. Clay is ready for firing.
14. The quality of clay that allows it to hold it's shape.
15. The process of making scratches into two pieces of clay prior to joining them together.
16. A wooden or plastic disk used for storing projects.
17. A machine that is used to spin clay to make pottery.

2. The stage of clay when half of the moisture has evaporated.
4. The process of raising the temperature of clay to a specific point to chemically change the clay into rock.
5. Wettest stage of clay. Used as ceramic glue.
7. Completely finished clay product. Food safe.
8. The stage of clay where most building happens.
12. The large oven that ceramic ware is fired in.
13. The stage of clay where it has been fired once. It is now rock hard.