ceramics

2. Method of kneading clay to make it homogenous; ridding the clay of all air pockets
4. Rope like pieces of clay
6. One of the oldest craft techniques in which objects are constructed entirely by hand
7. Three-dimensional shape and structure of an object.
9. Clay with a coat of glaze that has been through the 2nd firing
10. Roughing up of the surface of clay for joining
11. Workable clay, able to bend without breaking, strong enough to hold its shape
12. A furnace or oven for firing pottery
14. Forming clay on a potters wheel
15. To bake in a kiln.Firing is a term used for “cooking” the clay

1. Dry clay that still has some flexibility. will crack when bent. best time to carve
3. Clay that has been through the first firing. Still not completely waterproof.
5. A thin coating of glass. An impervious silicate coating, which is developed in clay ware by the fusion under heat of inorganic materials.
8. Unfired clay
10. Clay suspended in water.Can be used to join pieces of clay together, as decoration, or poured into molds
13. Clay that has dried and is ready to fire. Very fragile!