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- 1. Type of tool made of plastic or wood, used to shape and form wet clay.
- 9. A device with either a manual (foot powered) or electric rotating wheel head, used to sit at and make round pottery forms.
- 10. Clay tool used to score and poke tiny holes in wet clay.
- 11. First firing, without glaze.
- 14. The final firing, with glaze.
- 16. A method of kneading clay, to make it even and work out bubbles.
- 17. Tool used to trim rough edges of clay before firing.
- 18. Stage of clay that is very soft and workable.
- 19. Stage of clay between plastic and bone dry. Clay is still damp enough to join it to other pieces using slip. (For example: the stage when handles are applied to mugs.)
- 20. The opening at the top of a pot.
- 22. Pressed or rolled flat sections of clay used in hand building.
- 24. A plaster or bisque clay shape from which a clay form can be copied.
- 25. Clay that will be fired to a lower temperature in the kiln.
- 27. Method(s) of building clay forms using only hands and simple tools.
- 31. The narrow part of a pot under the mouth.
- 32. A strongly raised or deeply carved pattern.
- 33. To scratch the surface. Used with slip to join moist clay pieces together.
- 35. Clay that has permanently hard after being heated in the kiln.
- 36. The main part of a pot or vase.
- 37. The heating of clay or glaze to a specific temperature in a kiln.
- 38. A long piece of wire with two wood handles used to slice blocks of clay.
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- 1. A plaster form which is used to support wet clay in the early stages of construction.
- 2. A method of decorating by stamping into a clay surface.
- 3. Finished ceramic art with glaze applied.
- 4. The method of working with clay on a potter’s wheel.
- 5. A thin coat of glass that has been melted onto a ceramic surface. Glazed pottery is fired to a temperature of 1830-2010 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 6. Completely dried, unfired clay: a stage in which clay is the most fragile
- 7. The explosion of clay in the kiln caused by the sudden escape of steam resulting from rapid heating of the presence of impurities.
- 8. Clay mixed with water to a mayonnaise consistency. Used in casting and decoration.
- 12. Unfired pottery in any stage (plastic, leather, or bone dry.)
- 13. Colored slip painted onto bisque or greenware.
- 15. Tool used for scooping out clay.
- 21. Wet clay is watered down and poured into a mold.
- 22. To decorate by pressing forms into wet clay.
- 23. A method of manipulating clay with your fingers in your palm to a hollow shape. These “pots” are a popular beginner's project.
- 24. Flat slabs of clay are pressed into forms.
- 26. A furnace of refractory clay bricks for firing pottery and for fusing glass. Can be heated by electricity, gas, oil or wood to temperatures up to 2340 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 28. Clay that has been fired once, unglazed.
- 29. Clay that has glaze or underglaze applied and has been fired a second time.
- 30. A decoration method when lines are drawn or cut into the clay surface.
- 32. Attached piece of clay used to hold or pick up the pot.
- 34. A piece of clay rolled like a rope, used in making pottery.
- 37. The part of a pot that sits on the floor or table.