Clay Vocabulary Terms by Phoebe Preston

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Across
  1. 8. an extremely rare mineral, found in localised deposits at a handful of locations around the world
  2. 11. a ceramic piece that has had glaze applied and has gone through the second firing process
  3. 12. pottery made of clay fired to a porous state which can be made impervious to liquids by the use of a glaze
  4. 13. a material that is neither metallic nor organic
Down
  1. 1. vitrified pottery with a white, fine-grained body that is usually translucent
  2. 2. given to clay objects when they have been shaped but have not yet been fired
  3. 3. clay slurry used to produce pottery and other ceramic wares
  4. 4. a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals
  5. 5. a process of heating a clay to a temperature sufficient to fuse the particles together
  6. 6. pottery that has already been fired or bisqued and is primed for decoration with glazes and underglazes
  7. 7. the condition of a clay or clay body when it has been partially dried to a consistency similar to leather of the same thickness as the clay
  8. 8. pots, dishes, and other articles made of earthenware or baked clay
  9. 9. a type of pottery which is impermeable and partly vitrified but opaque
  10. 10. describes and identifies greenware pottery that has dried as much as possible before it has gone through his first firing.