Across
- 2. Clay mixed with water, used to attach pieces of clay together
- 3. Used for distributing water on wheel pieces, smoothes surface of clay pieces
- 4. Used for measuring dimensions of a pottery piece, can help to determine how to make a lid
- 8. A rubber, metal or wooden tool used to help wheel throwing
- 9. Pressed or rolled flat sections of clay used in hand building
- 10. kneading clay to make it compact and without air bubbles by rolling and pushing it down on a table firmly
- 11. Critical step in throwing, done before making pottery on the wheel, where the clay is brought up and down until perfectly stable and balanced on the center of the wheel
- 13. A wash used on one side of the kiln shelves to separate any glaze drips from the shelf
- 15. Dry stage of clay where it is completely air dry
- 17. Stage of the clay between plastic and bone dry. Clay is still damp enough to join it to other pieces using slip.
- 20. Used to blend pieces of clay together
- 21. Used for cutting clay and cutting pottery off of a wheel
- 23. used to construct clay into a certain shape
- 24. Pottery which has been fired once, ready to be glazed
Down
- 1. First stage of clay where clay is damp and workable
- 4. A piece of clay rolled like a rope, used in making pottery, done by hand
- 5. A large looped metal tool that is used for trimming and carving
- 6. A furnace for firing pottery
- 7. Unfired pottery
- 12. A dull glaze surface, not reflective when fired
- 14. Used to create designs or score a piece of clay, for precise marks.
- 16. Resist A waxy paste applied to the bottom of a piece or other places to prevent glaze from going on that area
- 18. Forming plastic clay by hand without the wheel, using pinching, coiling, or slab construction
- 19. Base of a ceramic piece
- 22. Making pottery using a wheel