Ceramics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Lowers the melting point of the silica
  2. 4. This tool is used for trimming pots on the wheel
  3. 6. Finished but unfired piece of pottery
  4. 10. What clay is formed from in nature
  5. 12. A clay body that is often red/brown in color
  6. 13. Clay that is moist but not bendable
  7. 14. A high fire oven used to bake clay products
  8. 15. This tool is used to cut pots off of the wheel
  9. 16. Clay that is bendable and pliable
  10. 19. How clay is formed in nature
  11. 20. This term is used when cutting clay
  12. 22. Greenware fired to a bisque temperature
  13. 24. Measure the temperature inside the kiln
  14. 25. Pottery with glaze applied and fired to a glaze temperature
Down
  1. 1. This tool is used for scoring clay
  2. 3. Ceramic ware made with clay and hardened by fire
  3. 5. This term is used when pushing or stamping clay
  4. 7. Doing this removes air bubbles from the clay
  5. 8. A clay body that has translucent capabilities
  6. 9. Creates the glass in the glaze
  7. 11. This term is used when adding clay to clay
  8. 17. Liquified clay
  9. 18. A clay body that is the strongest
  10. 21. Helps the glaze shrink to fit the pot
  11. 23. This tool is used to keep clay moist