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- 4. a person who makes pottery
- 5. the process of preparing clay before sculpting it in order to remove air bubbles in the clay and even-out the moisture content
- 7. an area where wet clay is stored to keep from drying
- 10. this refers to clay that has not been fired
- 11. a naturally occurring fine-grained material that can be shaped when wet, hardens when dry, and fired to a permanent rock-like state
- 12. a hand building method of shaping clay into snake-like worms
- 14. the process of baking clay in order to bring it to a rock-like state, usually occurs in a kiln
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- 1. the term refers to ceramic ware that has been fired once without glaze
- 2. the process of planing small scratches into pieces of clay to help them attach together
- 3. a mixture of clay and water that acts like a glue for connecting pieces of clay together
- 4. used to keep the clay from sticking to the table
- 6. a glass-like surface coating for ceramics that is used to decorate and seal the pores of the fired clay
- 8. a hand method of shaping clay that consists of rolling pieces on a board and cutting them to a desired size
- 9. the process of forming pottery using a wheel that is either man powered by using a foot or stick or electronically powered
- 13. a furnace or oven that can reach temperatures up to 2500 degrees Fahrenheit depending on the type of clay in order to bake/fire the clay