Clay 101 Terms

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Across
  1. 2. Flatten pieces of Clay
  2. 3. Clay in its Moist State It is at the workable consistency for slabs, coils, and throwing
  3. 5. Creating forms between fingers
  4. 6. Heating pottery or clay sculpture to a temperature high enough to render it hard and durable
  5. 7. Air Dry and ready for Kiln. Stage of drying when moisture in the clay body has evaporated so the clay surface no longer feels cold.
  6. 9. Functional ware, such as vases, pots, bowls or plates shaped from moist clay and hardened by heat.
Down
  1. 1. Halfway dry and good for carving. Its rigid/stiff but not yet dry.
  2. 2. carving marks in the clay
  3. 4. A structure built to fire clay at high temperatures
  4. 8. Clay snakes to create forms