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- 1. Moist and elastic to the touch; clay that is easily manipulated.
- 3. Raised surface design on a clay piece.
- 6. Curved tool used to extend the length of your thumb to smooth or join clay where you fingers are unable to reach.
- 9. Rolled flat sections of clay. Wet slabs can be draped over or into forms or rolled around cylindrical or square forms. Slabs may be cut into shapes and joined together using the score and slip method. This is most successful when slabs are dried to the leather-hard state.
- 10. Pottery pieces in the raw, bisque, or glazed state.
- 11. Scratching or roughing-up the clay surface; used in combination with brushed-on slip, scoring is a preparation step for joining two or more separate clay pieces together.
- 13. Pencil like tool that is used for drawing onto and into clay.
- 14. Fine grained earth materials formed by the decomposition of igneous rocks; plastic when wet; strong when dry; and rock hard when exposed to red heat (fired).
- 15. The second firing of a piece pottery which has been coated with glass forming materials. The approximate temperature of this firing 2200.
- 17. A combination of miniscule clay and glass particles mixed with water; applied to bisque ware before firing. During the firing process this applied mixture adheres to the form, giving it a hard, durable surface. Glazes can be colored, opaque, clear, translucent, or matte.
- 19. Pointed metal tool used for cutting, incising or scoring clay.
- 21. Colored slip or liquid stain applied to leather hard clay or bisque ware, then coated with a clear glaze.
- 24. A form which is used to support wet clay in the early stages of construction. They are typically made of plaster. We used plastic bowls covered with plastic.
- 26. Bendable rubber tool that is used for smoothing clay.
- 30. Construction processes that include pinching, coiling or building with slabs. Incising: Surface decoration made by scratching, cutting, or carving lines into clay at various depths.
- 31. Unglazed clay, fired once at a low temperature. Clay is hard but porous and absorbent.
- 33. Rope like pieces of clay that are stacked to form a wall and build the object. This technique is one of the most commonly used hand-building methods.
- 35. A kneading process, manipulating the clay to remove air bubbles, lumps, and excess water.
- 37. Refers to clay which is ready to be fired. All the moisture is gone from the clay. Clay is VERY FRAGILE at this stage. No visible moisture and no dampness to the touch. Clay is ready to be fired.
- 38. Quality of clay that allows it to be manipulated and still maintain its shape without cracking or sagging.
- 39. Starting with a ball of clay, the potter opens a hole with his thumb. Pinching the clay between his thumb on the inside and fingers on the outside, a bowl shape is formed.
- 40. Rubber ended tools used to clean clay boogers from leatherhard clay.
- 41. Enclosed air spaces within clay that must be removed for they may cause ceramic work to explode or crack.
- 44. A metal knife used to cut and trim clay.
- 45. A shiny surface.
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- 2. Objects made of clay fired to a high temperature, over 1550 degrees F.
- 4. Wooden or plastic instruments that shape and carve clay.
- 5. When all three dimensions (length, height, and width) can be touched and felt.
- 7. The quality and feel of a surface.
- 8. Three-dimensional shape and structure of an object.
- 12. Much hotter than a bisque fire. Firing to temperature at which glaze melts to form a glasslike surface.
- 16. Unfired clay ready or nearly ready for firing.
- 18. A furnace or oven built of heat-resistant materials for firing pottery. Heat is produced by electricity, propane, natural gas or wood.
- 20. Finely ground clay particles mixed with water. 1) Used for joining two pieces of clay; 2) May be squeezed or extruded onto the surface for a raised effect. Slip may be colored.
- 22. Sharp exacto like metal tool used for cutting and slicing clay cleanly.
- 23. Wire ended tool that are used to carve or incise clay.
- 25. The crack formed where two pieces of clay are joined.
- 27. a turntable that can be used for decorating, sculpting, carving and hand building ceramics. A banding wheel gives a potter access to all sides of a ceramic piece
- 28. Tool with tiny wire loops at the end that are used to carve details into clay.
- 29. The process of firing unglazed clay to a low temperature to harden the clay and drive the physical water from it. The approximate temperature of this firing is 1815 F.
- 32. Rolled, snake-like ropes of clay, joined together to build pots.
- 34. Surface decoration created by filling an impression in a clay surface with another clay or slip.
- 36. To bake in a kiln. Firing is a term used for “cooking” the clay.
- 42. A slab or platform on which clay is handled; a circular device attached to the wheel-head.
- 43. Clay is too firm to bend yet soft enough to carve. It is the consistency of cheddar cheese.