Clay Vocabulary

3. scratching the edges of clay before joining them together
7. moldable clay that is wet enough to easily shape into forms by hand without breaking
10. the process of removing pieces to create a form-carving
11. Dry Clay soft and moldable, it air dries to a hard state-it requires no baking or f iring and can be painted
16. liquid clay used like glue to join pieces of clay together
17. Dry clay that has dried out and is ready to be fired in kiln
18. the act of creating 3-Dimensional forms
19. rocks that have been broken down by weather and turned into particles; water in between these tiny particles allows clay to be formed and shaped
20. rolling a cylinder of clay to create a long, snake-like form; coils can be stacked on top of each other to create pots or sculptures
21. named this because when fired it has the characteristics of stone, which is a hard and dense surface; potters most often use this clay body in creating ceramic pieces
22. cutting or poking holes through a piece of clay
24. an oven used for firing clay sculptures and potter
25. Hard, clay that has started to dry; it can still be carved, cut, and joined together, but it is hard like a block of cheese
26. an unglazed clay piece that has been fired in the kiln once at a low temperature and is ready to be glazed
27. the process by which clay is heated in the kiln; firing makes the clay objects permanen

1. a person who makes pots and dishes from clay, by hand or on a potter’s wheel
2. the process of squeezing a piece of clay between your fingers to form it; pinch pots are made this way
3. Building, a process using flat, even pieces of clay that have been formed into slabs with a rolling pin; used for handbuilding
4. a clay piece with glaze on it that has been fired in the kiln.
5. clay with oil in it, which prevents the clay from drying out; it is reusable and will not fully harden
6. pots-plates and vessels made from clay and fired in a kiln
7. the whitest of all the natural clays; it can be fired to a translucent quality
8. clay pieces that have not been fired in the kiln
9. objects made of clay hardened by heat
12. a sculpture that projects from a flat surface
13. pushing a clay stamp or textured object into a piece of clay to decorate it
14. the most commonly found clay in nature -it can be molded and fired in a kiln to become durable-or it can be painted or glazed
15. the process of joining pieces to create a form
23. using a tool to remove small clay pieces from a larger whole piece in order to create a form or finished artwork