Clay
After this type of firing the piece will be food and drink safe
A snake-like form rolled with clay
What is a coil?
The tool used for scoring, incising, and detailing clay. Often used by the artist to sign their name in the clay
What is a needle tool?
This is the way to prepare the plastic clay before putting it on the bat
What is wedging and slapping into a sphere?
The first firing of clay
What is bisque fire?
The unfired stage of clay that is dry enough to be smoothed by sandpaper
What is bone dry?
Two ways to create a slab
What is a rolling pin and what is the slab roller?
A wooden tool used to model clay and blend coils
What is a wood modeling tool
What is a bat?
The second firing of clay
What is glazeware?
This stage of clay is ready to be trimmed on the Griffin Grip
What is leather hard?
Plaster molds that clay can be pressed or slumped into
What are slump or drape molds?
A bean shaped tool used to smooth and scrape clay
What is a rib?
The process of pinching/squeezing the clay walls to thin them and make them taller
What is pulling?
The art or technology of making objects with clay which are then fired
What is ceramics?
These two stages of clay cannot be recycled
What is bisqueware or glazeware?
When plaster and clay are in contact with each other
What is the absorption of moisture?
A turntable used when decorating or glazing ceramics
What is a banding wheel?
The steps in the wheel throwing process can be simplified to this acronym
What is COPS?
(Center, Open, Pull, Shape)
The reason glazes look different in the bottle compared to how they look after being fired is the same reason bisque clay can no longer be recycled. When fired, they "undergo" something
What is a chemical change?
Our terracotta clay appears red, this gives it it's red color
What is iron oxide?
In this technique, the artist allows a flat piece of clay to slightly harden before construction, so they can stand up without slumping over, but are still plastic enough to attach
What is stiff slab construction?
The tool needed to trim leatherhard clay when using the griffin grip
What is a loop tool?
Sitting close to the wheel head and keeping your elbows lock maximizes this
What is stability?
At about this temperature, bone dry clay undergoes a chemical change in the kiln
What is 1000 degrees?