Across
- 3. Decrease in size of clay due to drying and firing.
- 8. A glaze finish that is dull and smooth, not ideal for food surfaces.
- 11. A glaze finish that is smooth and shiny.
- 12. A mixture mostly of oxides, silica flux and alumina, applied to the surface of ceramic wares to create water and acid resistant ware; often a decorative or ornamental coating.
- 13. Provides glazes with glass-like quality.
- 14. A decoration that is applied under a glaze with stain, slip or engobe.
- 15. This material lowers the melting point of glaze and allows it to flow.
- 16. A glaze defect caused by dust on bisqueware or too thick of glaze application. The glaze separates leaving bare clay alternated with thick areas of glaze.
Down
- 1. Cleaning the bottom of a freshly glazed pot of all glaze to keep the piece from sticking to the kiln.
- 2. Posts and shelves made from a very high firing clay body that help hold and stack ware in the kiln creating multiple levels of storage.
- 4. Ware that is completed in form, but not yet dried sufficiently to be ready to be fired.
- 5. Provides glaze with hardness and durability.
- 6. Colorants in clay bodies and glazes.
- 7. Unglazed clay fired once at a low temperature. The fifth stage in the clay cycle. Fired at cone 06
- 9. Clay that has been transformed by heat into a glasslike solid, becoming ceramic ware. It is important to note vitrified clay is impermeable to water, and different clay bodies may vitrify at different temperatures. The sixth stage in the clay cycle.
- 10. A decorative technique where the design is scratched through the top layer of the slip or glaze to expose the layer beneath.