Ceramics Vocabulary

5. The state where clay has dried enough to be handled without distorting the shape yet additions such as handles can be attached.
6. scratching the surfaces of the clay that are to be connected.
8. a thick liquid solution of clay that is brushed onto clay pieces, often used to adhere two or more pieces of clay together.
9. a wire metal tool used to carve clay.
11. an oven that can reach extreme temperatures necessary to harden clay and melt glazes.
12. the rods made of firebrick that separate shelves in a kiln.
13. you MUST have this on your clay piece to avoid a 10 point loss in your final grade.
15. a glaze that has a non-shiny finish
17. a Japanese method for firing pottery involving low firing with combustible materials.
18. a natural, earthly material that retains its shape and hardens when fired.
20. kneading clay in order to remove air bubbles and prepare it to be used.
22. a sculpture in which figures or forms project from a flat surface.
23. refers to how a surface feels.

1. hand-rolling clay into long ‘snakes’ of clay.
2. a clear transparent glaze coating.
3. the process of increasing the temperature in a kiln until desired temperature is reached, effecting a chemical change in the clay body.
4. contraction of clay during drying and firing.
6. large flat piece of clay formed by rolling or throwing.
7. a glaze that has a shiny glass-like finish.
10. a method to make simple ceramics involving molding the clay with your thumbs and fingers.
14. clay in which all the moisture has dried out.
16. liquid glass that melts and bonds to clay through the heat of the kiln.
19. clay work that has been fired in a kiln to harden the clay.
21. any non-fired drying clay body.