Clay Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. (of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking.
  2. 4. ware which has been fired once and has no chemically bonded water left in the clay.
  3. 7. material is removed or carved out
  4. 10. unfired pottery
  5. 12. thick, flat, plate, or slice of clay that is cut into shapes; which are used to join together to form an object.
  6. 13. several techniques of building pots using the only the hands and simple tools rather than the potter's wheel.
Down
  1. 1. impervious layer or coating of a vitreous substance which has been fused to a ceramic body through firing
  2. 3. (of ceramic clay) moist but not sufficiently so to be plastic
  3. 5. and Score method of joining two pieces of clay together.
  4. 6. to knead the clay or push on it repeatedly to help remove air bubbles and extra moisture
  5. 8. a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying, especially one for calcining lime or firing pottery.
  6. 9. completely dry clay
  7. 11. material is added