Clay Vocabulary

3. Joining wet clay by roughly scratching the surface.
5. A bowl made by pinching a sphere of clay.
8. A special oven that gets very hot and used to cook the clay.
10. Stage of drying when moisture in the clay body has evaporated so the clay surface no longer feels cold.
12. The process of heating pottery or clay sculptures to a temperature high enough to render it hard and durable.
13. Stage of unfired clay pieces that are fragile.
14. Used to paint the clay to make it glossy and add color.

1. A state of clay where it has started to dry but can still be carved into.
2. A long thin rope of clay made by rolling your hands.
4. A flat piece of clay made with a rolling pin.
6. Before firing.
7. A functional piece of ceramics like a vase or bowl.
9. A way of improving the workability of clay by reforming the mixture to make it even in texture while eliminating air bubbles.
11. Stage of unglazed ceramic pieces fired already.