make it
control it
talk about it
I can speak it
finish it
100
A hand-building technique that involves squeezing the clay, usually between fingers and thumb.
What is pinch technique?
100
The stage between plastic and bone dry when clay has dried, but may still be carved or joined to other pieces.
What is leather hard?
100
A wheel head mounted on a pedestal base and turned by hand. We called it a "Lazy Susan."
What is a Banding Wheel.
100
A fluid suspension of clay in water used in joining clay pieces and for surface decoration.
What is slip or potter's glue?
100
Unfired pottery or sculpture.
What is greenware?
200
Attaching rolls of clay together to form pottery.
What is coil construction?
200
The property of clay that allows it to change shape without tearing or breaking.
What is plasticity?
200
The process of applying pressure to a lump of clay on a spinning wheel head to position it for even rotation
What is centering?
200
Polishing the surface of a leather-hard pot to compact it and produce and maintain a sheen at low firing temperatures.
What is burnishing?
200
Ceramic ware that has gone through the first firing at a relatively low temperature and still maintains its porous state.
What is bisqueware?
300
Hand-building technique that involves shaping clay into a broad, flat, thick piece.
What is slab construction?
300
At this stage the clay body is completely dry.
What is Bone Dry?
300
To remove clay by carving?
What is incised?
300
To heat pots in a kiln to a specific temperature for a specific time.
What is firing?
300
When the clay feels _?_ it is bone dry.
What is "warm to the touch"
400
We created a tile with raised and cut away areas. It's a type of sculpture.
What is Relief?
400
Centering the clay is one of the most important steps in this technique.
What is "Throwing on the Wheel?"
400
Creating an impression on the surface of the clay.
What is embossing?
400
A decoration applied to a biscuit or once-fired pot for subsequent covering with a transparent glaze.
What is Underglaze decoration?
400
Propping open the kiln during the first stage of firing to allow the gases to escape.
What is Venting?
500
A coating of glass that is fused to the surface of a ceramic piece
What is glazing?
500
A structure built to fire clay at high temperatures.
What is a kiln?
500
Applied to a pot to prevent adhesion of slip or glaze and produce a decorative effect.
What is Wax-resist?
500
The cutting of clay into chunks in the process of mixing and kneading it to an even consistency.
What is Wedging?
500
A decorating technique where a layer of slip applied to a clay body is scratched through to reveal the clay color.
What is Sgraffito ?
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