Clay Vocabulary

2. A layer on top of the bisque-ware that will fuse to the vessel after being fired.
4. Applying heat to harden the clay.
6. A pattern used to recreate the same shape repeatedly.
10. A liquid mixture of clay used to attach clay together.
11. Used to shape clay in hand-building.
12. clay for the first time.
15. To cut away excess clay.
16. A sharp tool with a flexible blade.
17. An oven used for hardening clay.
18. A flat wooden or metal tool used to smooth wet or leather hard clay.
19. Objects that are made out of clay and then baked at high temperatures.
21. Used to cut, pierce, measure depth, score, and finish details in clay.
23. Pushing and pressing on clay to get rid of air bubbles.

1. Creating something out of clay with your hands.
2. Clay that is dry, but not yet fired.
3. Making marks on the edges of clay to connect 2 pieces of clay together with slip (done with a scoring tool).
5. Three-dimensional artwork created by separate parts added to a whole.
7. The feeling of a surface.
8. Creating a thick, flat slice of clay to cut into the desired shape.
9. A stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically yellow, red, or bluish-gray in color and often. forming an impermeable layer in the soil.
13. Appearing as if it is one piece, with no visible spaces/gaps.
14. Removing material to create a finished work.
20. A method of creating pots by building the bottom and walls with even, ropelike pieces of clay.
22. A clay tool with wire loops at each end used to carve clay.