Ceramics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Clay that has been changed from a lump into a flat plane by rolling.
  2. 4. clay mixed with water, with a “cream” like consistency.
  3. 7. Unfired pottery.
  4. 8. Rolling out wet clay into rope like pieces.
  5. 10. The process which changes clay into ceramic.
  6. 11. To make pottery by hand on the potters’ wheel.
Down
  1. 1. an insulated box, which is heated to fire pots in.
  2. 3. A term applied to the first firing of ware in order to prepare it for glazing.
  3. 5. The properties of a material that allow it to retain its shape.
  4. 6. Method of kneading clay to get rid of air pockets in the clay.
  5. 7. A ceramic paint typically composed of opaque or transparent colors.
  6. 8. A method of hand building a form using rolled out lengths of clay.
  7. 9. To rough the surface of the wet clay in order to attach another piece of wet clay.