Ceramics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. Clay that has been fired once, unglazed
  2. 6. All moisture is gone, unfired
  3. 7. The heating of glaze and clay to a specific temperature
  4. 9. A protective kiln shelf coating
  5. 10. Roughing up clay edges to be joined with slip
  6. 11. Engraving a decoration into unfired clay
  7. 14. Unfired pottery
  8. 15. Glass-like coating melted onto clay surface by heat
  9. 20. Clay objects entirely constructed by hand
  10. 21. Using a smooth object to polish the surface of leather hard clay
  11. 23. Hand rolled, rope like pieces of clay
  12. 25. Colored decoration applied before glazing
  13. 28. Material difficult to heat or melt
  14. 30. Used to gauge heatwork during kiln firings
  15. 32. Fired clay crushed into granules
  16. 33. A method of forming clay using your thumb and fingers
Down
  1. 1. When a clay or glaze reaches its mature, hard glass-like quality
  2. 2. Slicing clay off to form many angles
  3. 3. Cutting grooves into clay
  4. 5. A method of handbuilding using ropes of clay
  5. 8. A clay object reduction in size due to drying and firing
  6. 10. Tripod used to support glazeware during firing
  7. 12. A clay's quality that allows it to change and maintain its shape
  8. 13. Oven for firing clay
  9. 16. Adding small flat or molded shapes to a clay object
  10. 17. Rolled out flattened clay
  11. 18. Stiffened clay that is still soft enough to carve and join
  12. 19. Pouring liquefied clay in a hollow plaster mold to for a ceramic object
  13. 22. A support on which a clay slab is draped to shape as it stiffens
  14. 24. Clay suspended in water, used to join clay parts
  15. 26. Carving or scraping though a layer of slip or glaze to the clay
  16. 27. A freshly rolled slab used to construct a clay object
  17. 29. Pottey made by hand on a potter's wheel
  18. 31. Kneading clay to eliminate air pockets and align clay particles