Clay Terms

1. drying time for clay before it is fired in the kiln
4. used to store clay and keep it moist
6. remove air pockets by turning clay over on the table and pushing with palms of hands
7. tool used to roll out slabs
10. make a disc of clay with your hands by turning round and round
12. product used to paint clay
13. a tool that can be used in slab clay decoration
15. roughing up two pieces of clay so they stick together also called scoring

2. a flat sheet or wall of clay
3. an oven clay is baked in
5. tool used to cut clay
7. tools used in combination with a rolling pin to keep slabs from getting too thin
8. the clay should not be thinner than this
9. clean dirt from the ground used to make pottery
11. tool used to score clay
13. rolling clay into a long snake
14. the clay should not be thicker than this