Across
- 1. Greenware that is no longer pliable, but may still be carved. Feels cool to the touch
- 6. A saucer shaped prop used to protect kiln shelves from particularly runny glazes
- 8. A powerful machine that homogenizes moist clay into a workable consistency
- 9. A heating chamber to fire pieces
- 11. A flat shelf that can hold clay pieces inside a kiln and is capable of withstanding extreme temperatures
- 12. clay with extra liquid used for bonding and decoration
- 15. A combination of clays and other additives to create a usable material
- 21. a secondary surface treatment that is applied on top of fired glazeware
- 22. A kaolin-heavy pure clay that is fired to a higher cone and is vitrified into a near-sealed surface. Prized for its (usually) white and sometime near translucent appearance
- 23. Roughing surfaces to prepare two points to be bonded
- 24. A kiln type when the air inside is not altered and oxygen is present
- 25. Rubbing an unfired piece with a smooth object to align and compress the clay particles and create a smoother and/or stronger surface
- 29. A surface treatment with a layer of pigment slip painted on, then carved away in certain areas to create patterns/images.
- 30. A traditional Japanese style of firing that has been brought outside Japan and altered. Pieces are removed from the kiln at their top temperature to alter the final surfaces.
- 31. Formed by unfired clay. Will still dissolve into reclaim
- 32. Unglazed clay that has been fired once and will no longer dissolve into reclaim
- 33. a surface treatment that does not seal the surface and can be applied at various stages in the process
Down
- 2. a special slip like material of particularly fine clay particles
- 3. A sheet/slab to go under a larger piece of work made of the same clay body
- 4. Caused by mismatched glaze and claybody where the glaze contracts and the clay expands. Results in bare spots
- 5. Tubular supports that hold up kiln shelves and are capable of withstanding extreme temperatures
- 7. A system of measuring total heat (not just temperature) used to reference targets for particular clay bodies and glazes
- 10. Pulverized minerals. Alumina, Silica, Water
- 13. a gypsum based material that acts as a hard sponge
- 14. a blend of clays, glass formers, pigments, etc to create a surface treatment that coats and seals a surface
- 16. Caused by mismatched glaze and claybody where the glaze expands and the clay contacts. Results in cracks and flaking
- 17. A coating put on kiln shelves to protect them from glaze drips
- 18. Greenware that is completely dry and at its most fragile state. Feels room temperature.
- 19. A kiln type where the air inside is altered to reduce the amount of oxygen to produce particular colors in glazes
- 20. A clay-like material used to prop up pieces in certain types of kilns
- 26. Unfired and discarded clay that is kept in water to eventually be reused
- 27. Clay that is fired to a higher cone and is vitrified into a near-sealed surface
- 28. Clay that is fired to a lower cone and is still porous