Across
- 5. Squeezing a ball of clay between the thumb and forefingers to form pots or other shapes.
- 6. Flat pieces of clay that are flattened by hand or rolling pin and fitted together.
- 9. The process of baking the clay in the kiln so that it hardens.
- 10. Dry The most dry and fragile state of clay. The clay is ready for its first firing at this stage.
- 11. The process of pushing/kneading the air bubbles out of a piece of clay.
- 13. Clay that is wet and easily moldable.
- 14. Clay that is still damp but dry enough to hold its shape well. Best stage to fit slabs together.
Down
- 1. Soupy-wet clay mixed with water used to glue pieces of clay together.
- 2. Clay that has been fired once
- 3. An earthy mineral substance, composed largely of a hydrous silicate of alumina, which becomes plastic when wet and hard and rock-like when fired
- 4. Scratching the surface of clay to help fit two pieces of clay together.
- 7. An oven where clay is fired.
- 8. Pottery technique using snakelike ropes of clay.
- 12. A chemical mixture that, when fired, becomes smooth, shiny and waterproof like glass.