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- 5. dry: No visible moisture and no dampness to the touch. Clay is ready to be fired.
- 7. strong when dry; and rock hard when exposed to red heat (fired).
- 8. when all three dimensions (length, height, and width) can be touched and
- 11. before firing. During the firing process this applied mixture adheres to the form, giving it a
- 12. stage: Moist and elastic to the touch; clay that is easily manipulated.
- 14. Objects made of clay fired to a high temperature, over 1550 degrees F.
- 15. is a preparation step for joining two or more separate clay pieces together.
- 16. Surface decoration made by scratching, cutting, or carving lines into clay at various
- 18. Unfired clay ready or nearly ready for firing.
- 21. Fine grained earth materials formed by the decomposition of igneous rocks; plastic when
- 23. Rolled, snake-‐like ropes of clay, joined together to build pots.
- 24. A combination of miniscule clay and glass particles mixed with water; applied to bisque
- 25. provides important archeological records.
- 26. Pottery pieces in the raw, bisque, or glazed state.
- 27. A kneading process, manipulating the clay to remove air bubbles, lumps, and excess
- 31. Construction processes that include pinching, coiling or building with slabs.
- 32. cultures throughout the world that did not use written language. For some of these
- 36. Raised surface design on a clay piece.
- 38. propane, natural gas or wood.
- 42. Colored slip or liquid stain applied to leather hard clay or bisque ware, then
- 43. slip method. This is most successful when slabs are dried to the leather-‐hard state.
- 44. A furnace or oven built of heat-‐resistant materials for firing pottery. Heat is produced by
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- 1. his thumb on the inside and fingers on the outside, a bowl shape is formed.
- 2. with a clear glaze.
- 3. A translucent, nonabsorbent body fired at high temperature. White and hard, it was
- 4. The quality of a surface.
- 6. Rolled flat sections of clay. Wet slabs can be draped over or into forms or rolled around
- 9. Three-‐dimensional shape and structure of an object.
- 10. To heat in a kiln (brick oven). Firing is a term used for “cooking” the clay.
- 13. or square forms. Slabs may be cut into shapes and joined together using the score
- 15. Finely ground clay particles mixed with water. 1) Used for joining two pieces of clay; 2)
- 17. The crack formed where two pieces of clay are joined.
- 19. to explode or crack.
- 20. the only evidence of their daily lives comes in the form of pottery, which when left
- 22. Pottery is one of the oldest art forms explored by mankind. There are many now-‐
- 28. on (also called underglaze) for decorating purposes (3) May be squeezed or extruded
- 29. Surface decoration created by filling an impression in a clay surface with another clay or
- 30. developed in China during the 8th century.
- 33. Pots: Starting with a ball of clay, the potter opens a hole with his thumb. Pinching the clay
- 34. Hard: Clay is too firm to bend yet soft enough to carve. It is the consistency of cheddar
- 35. pockets: Enclosed air spaces within clay that must be removed for they may cause ceramic
- 37. Scratching or roughing-‐up the clay surface; used in combination with brushed-‐on slip,
- 39. ware: Clay that has been fired once, at a low temperature. Clay is hard but porous and
- 40. the surface for a raised effect. Slip may be colored.
- 41. durable surface. Glazes can be colored, opaque, clear, translucent, or matte.