Pottery Terms

6. first firing
7. 50% clay, 50% water. Used for attaching clay
9. Careful to not twist/kink, we use this to cut piece of clay as well as cut projects off the wheel
11. second firing; also refers to what we "paint" the clay with
12. A method of creating pottery vessels on a pottery wheel
14. Small bowl shape piece of ceramic made by rolling clay into a ball and pinching to create sides
15. Tool used to smooth out surface
17. made from the earth's crust

1. rolling out clay into rope like pieces to handbuild with
2. Like an oven for firing pottery and fusing glass
3. A method of kneading the clay to mix and remove air bubbles
4. To heat a clay object in a kiln to a specific temperature
5. pots and other articles made by earthenware, stoneware, or porcelain
7. handbuilding technique using evenly flattened clay
8. Most decoration is done in this stage: carving, stamping, etc. Roughly 10% water
10. don't glaze the ________ of your project
13. Completely air-dried 2% water; ready to be bisque fired! AKA greenware
14. 25% water; the stage of clay we’re most familiar working with. Able to be manipulated into different shapes without cracking
16. A flat disk made out of plaster, wood, or plastic fixed to the wheel head with pins