Ceramics Vocabulary

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