Across
- 2. a hold at end of firing cycle
- 3. this keeps glaze at bay
- 4. another term for silica
- 9. main ingredient in beach sand
- 10. keep this product out of your clay
- 11. forming clay without a wheel
- 16. scratching through glaze
- 18. the lowest part of a pot
- 19. ready to fire - 2 words
- 20. atmosphere in electric kiln
- 21. this is done before using glazes
- 22. device to measure kiln temperature
- 23. used to join pieces of clay
- 25. once fired clay object
- 26. one who makes clay wares
- 28. glaze defect showing bubbles
- 32. abbreviation for red iron
- 33. refractory clay - 2 words
- 35. parabolic arch sort of kiln
- 37. kneading clay before work
- 39. hand building with snakes of clay
- 40. calcined bone - two words
- 41. this leaves the body
- 43. machine to process clay - 2 words
- 45. firing with reduced oxygen
- 46. firing method with lots of smoke
- 48. another term for silica
- 50. opposite of acidic
- 51. forming on the wheel
- 54. firing too hot causes this
- 55. wares with no poisonous ingredients
- 56. broken bit of pottery
Down
- 1. mixture of kaolin and alumina
- 3. another name for calcium carbonate
- 5. hydrous aluminum silicate minerals
- 6. loading a kiln
- 7. items holding sheves up
- 8. this oxide gives you the blues
- 12. without form, glasslike
- 13. glazing method using tongs
- 14. separate agglomerates in a slurry with chemicals
- 15. ground prefired clay
- 17. common aluminosilicate glaze ingredient
- 19. added to glazes to prevent settling
- 24. shine a pot by rubbing
- 27. glass like mature clay
- 29. unfired ceramic articles
- 30. china clay
- 31. look into the kiln using this
- 34. caused by water in the kiln
- 36. turn this on when using kiln
- 38. happens as clay dries and is fired
- 42. glaze fault with lots of little cracks
- 44. glaze with no gloss
- 47. chemicals in glaze promoting melting
- 49. bare spot defect on fired glaze
- 52. opacifier containing zirconium
- 53. where glazes are found