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- 3. procedure for preparing clay by hand
- 8. substance that promotes fusion in a given mixture of raw materials
- 10. a tool used to press clay through small opening to make forms and coils
- 12. a type of clay
- 14. to form pottery on a wheel
- 18. tool used to weigh out dry materials
- 19. A vitreous ceramic material
- 20. often applied to bisque ware to resist the application of glazes
- 22. permanent swelling of ceramics during firing caused by evolution of gases
- 23. A decoration which leaves a thin layer of metal on the decorated portions of pottery.
- 26. pyrometric devices used to gauge heat during firing of ceramics
- 28. Stoneware-based glazes containing iron
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- 1. a step in preparing clay for shaping
- 2. decoration applied to pottery and covered with glaze
- 4. raw material containing silica and alumina, can be added to clay for increased strength and texture
- 5. firing in a low oxygen environment
- 6. Also known as china clay, used to make porcelain
- 7. A common oxide in glazes and some clays that yield a reddish color
- 8. A product made by quenching and breaking up a glass of a specific composition
- 9. to glaze pottery by immersion in a glaze suspension
- 11. soft solid that can withstand high temperatures
- 13. glaze fault marked by cracking of fired glazes
- 15. wide, flat handled tool used to shape and smooth clay
- 16. machine used in the shaping of round ceramics
- 17. device for rolling out large uniform masses of clay
- 21. strong, absorbent material used for mold making
- 24. suspension of clay in water
- 25. technique in which low-fire pottery is removed from kiln and cooled rapidly
- 26. hand method marked by building rope-like rolls of clay
- 27. thin slab of wood or plastic