Clay Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Finely ground clay particles mixed with water. Acts as a glue
  2. 5. Rolled,snake-like ropes of clay,joined together to build pots.
  3. 6. Pottery made by pinching, coiling,or building with slabs
  4. 8. pot A pot made by pinching the clay to form the sides of the pot
  5. 9. Objects made from fired clay
  6. 13. A type of art made to deceive the eye
  7. 15. Kneading clay to removed the air bubbles
  8. 17. The quality of the surface. How something feels.
Down
  1. 2. One of the oldest art forms known to mankind
  2. 3. The art of making three dimensional forms
  3. 4. To heat in a kiln
  4. 7. roughing up the clay surface in order to attach two pieces of clay
  5. 10. An oven used to fire clay
  6. 11. Three dimensional shape and structure of an object
  7. 12. Flat sheet of clay
  8. 14. Pottery made by using a pottery wheel
  9. 16. A combination of clay/glass particles and water. Applied to the surface of pottery before firing. Can be colored, clear, opague or translucent.