Across
- 4. The opening near the top of a pot.
- 5. Clay mixed with water to a mayonnaise consistency. Used in casting and decoration.
- 7. The explosion of clay in the kiln caused by the sudden escape of steam resulting from rapid heating of the presence of impurities.
- 11. Colored slip painted onto bisque or greenware.
- 12. To decorate by pressing forms into wet clay.
- 14. Mold A plaster form which is used to support wet clay in the early stages of construction.
- 16. Unfired pottery that is bone dry, a stage in which clay forms are the most fragile.
- 17. Tool A long piece of wire with two wood handles used to slice blocks of clay.
- 19. Relief A strongly raised or deeply carved pattern.
- 21. The heating of clay or glaze to a specific temperature in a kiln
- 23. Hard Stage of clay between plastic and bone dry. Clay is still damp enough to join it to other pieces using slip. (For example: the stage when handles are applied to mugs.)
- 24. A method of manipulating clay with your fingers in your palm to a hollow shape. “Pinch pots”are a popular beginner's project.
- 26. Clay that has been fired once, unglazed.
- 28. Knife Tool used to trim roughedges of clay before firing.
- 30. A method of decorating by stamping into a clay surface.IncisingA decoration method when lines are drawn or cut into the clay surface.
- 36. The main part of a pot or vase
- 37. Wheel A device with either a manual (foot powered) or electric rotating wheel head, used to sit at and make round pottery forms.
- 38. Clay that has glaze or underglaze applied and has been fired a second time.
- 39. Wet clay is watered down to a slip and poured into a mold.
Down
- 1. The method of working with clay on a potter’s wheel.
- 2. Fire First firing, without glaze.
- 3. A piece of clay rolled like a rope, used in making pottery.
- 6. The part of a pot that sits on the floor or table.
- 8. Tool Tool used for scooping out clay.
- 9. Tool Clay tool used to score and poke tiny holes in wet clay.
- 10. Clay that will be fired to a lower temperature in the kiln.
- 12. Pressed or rolled flat sections of clay used in hand building.
- 13. Flat slabs of clay are pressed into forms.
- 15. A method of kneading clay, to make it even and work out bubbles.
- 18. A furnace of refractory clay bricks for firing pottery and for fusing glass. Can be heated by electricity, gas, oil or wood to temperatures from 1500-2340 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 20. Building Method(s) of building clay forms using only hands and simple tools.
- 22. Fire The final firing, with glaze.
- 25. Attached piece of clay used to hold or pick up the pot.
- 26. Dry Completely air dried clay. Unfired clay.
- 27. Clay that has become permanently hard after being heated in the kiln.
- 29. The narrow part of a pot under the mouth.
- 31. A plaster or bisque clay shape from which a clay form can be copied.
- 32. A thin coat of glass that has been melted onto a ceramic surface. Glazed pottery is fired to a temperature of 1830-2010 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 33. Type of tool made of plastic or wood, used to shape and form wet clay.
- 34. Stage of clay that is very soft and workable.
- 35. To scratch the surface. Used with slip to join moist clay pieces together