Ceramics Vocabulary

3. Objects made from clay that permanently retain their shape after they have been heated to specific temperatures.
5. Unfired pottery or sculpture
6. The property of clay that allows it to change shape without tearing or breaking
11. A hand-building technique that involves squeezing the clay, usually between fingers and thumb.
14. Wet, Leather Hard, Bone Dry, Bisque, Glazed
15. To remove clay by carving
16. Ceramic ware that has gone through the first firing at a relatively low temperature and still maintains its porous state.

1. The accomplishment of aim or purpose
2. The reduction in size of the clay mass that occurs when water in the clay evaporates during drying and firing.
4. Neat, Well Done, Time Invested
7. Scratching the edges of clay before joining them together with slip.
8. The stage between plastic and bone dry; when clay has dried, but may still be carved or joined to other pieces.
9. A structure built to fire clay at high temperatures
10. A coating of glass that is fused to the surface of a ceramic piece.
12. 3-Dimensional shape and structure of an object.
13. A fluid suspension of clay in water used in joining clay pieces and for surface decoration