Clay Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. scratch up surface of clay/velcro both sides
  2. 5. paint specifically made for clay that, when fired, becomes a glassy coating
  3. 6. completely dry and fragile stage of clay
  4. 11. building up material on a clay surface such as attaching clay or layering clay
  5. 12. made from clay and baked/fired in a kiln
  6. 13. create long rolls of clay
  7. 14. little dry, not sticky, holds shape stage of clay
  8. 15. no longer bendable, not fully dry, good for polishing and carving stage of clay
  9. 16. use rolling pin to roll out flat pieces of clay to construct objects
  10. 18. attaching pieces of clay together
  11. 20. releases air pockets, kneading the clay
  12. 21. 1st fire to become ceramic
Down
  1. 1. ceramic piece after first fire in the kiln
  2. 2. pieces made before any firing, not yet ceramics
  3. 3. carving away clay
  4. 4. soft and malleable clay stage
  5. 7. squeeze clay between thumb and fingers
  6. 8. low fire clay type
  7. 9. oven made for ceramics/clay, goes up to very high temperatures
  8. 10. sculptural method where raised forms come out of a flat background
  9. 17. liquid/paste form of clay, glue like
  10. 19. pottery that has been painted with glaze and fired a second time