Clay
Pottery
3D
Art
Love
100
Cutting out areas of a clay surface to make a design
Carving
100
Air dry or bone dry clay that is ready to be fired for the first time. Can be broken down into clay again.
Greenware
100
To cut into the clay surface to make a design
Incise or carve
100
Half dry clay that can be incised, stamped and carved but not reshaped. Can be broken down into clay again.
Leather hard
100
Clay fired for the first time. It cannot be broken down into clay again.
bisque
200
Leather hard, greenware, bisque
What are the three stages of clay?
200
A glass like finish on the clay that is complete in the second firing.
What is glaze?
200
Applique
Adding pieces of clay to the surface so as to make a raised design
200
Scratch the surface of the clay so the two pieces of clay can be joined together.
score
200
Texturing by pushing objects into the clay surface to make a design
Stamping
300
Wet clay used like a glue to join two pieces of clay together.
What is Slip?
300
The type of high fire clay that we use in ART 3D.
What is stoneware?
300
Is used to reclaim the clay, remixes and wedges.
What is the pug mill?
300
Kneading the clay to remove any air bubbles.
What is wedging?
300
Machine used to fire the clay.
What is a kiln?
400
Rope like piece of clay that is used in coil pottery.
What is a coil?
400
Flat rolled out piece of clay. Usually 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.
What is a slab?
400
Ball of clay that is pinched out using your thumb and fingers.
What is a pinch pot?
400
Supports and rotates the clay for decorating and glazing.
What is a banding wheel?
400
Surface quality, that can be tactile/refer to the sense of touch or visual/ implied.
What is texture?
500
2-dimensional, an enclosed line that contains area.
What is shape?
500

clay body after second firing, finished and glazed pot.

What is glazeware?

500
Clay body has been fired one time, ready to glaze. It cannot be broken down into clay.
What is Bisqueware?
500
3-dimensional, contains volume and mass.
What is form?
500
a moving mark or point that can be curvy, straight, jagged, dotted, dashed, thick, thin, etc.
What is a line?
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