Glaze
a shiny glaze
What is gloss?
Clay that has no moisture in it
What is dry?
Working the clay to compress it and work out air pockets
What is wedging?
cutting into clay
What is incising?
A tool with a point on the end
What is a needle tool
a glaze you can see through
What is transparent
clay with a high moisture content
What is wet?
Making pottery on the potter's wheel
What is throwing?
cutting all the way through the clay wall
What is piercing?
a tool with a broad blade
What is fettling knife?
this can cause you to get sick if you glaze the pot and after firing either eat or drink from it
What is lead?
stage after the clay has a coating applied and fired for the second time
What is glaze?
the process of making pottery by hand
What is Handbuilt pottery?
putting a ring of glaze on a pot
What is banding?
a string used to cut clay
What is wire cutter?
a dull glaze
What is matt
clay that is stiff and not pliable but you can put it together
What is leatherhard?
getting clay in the center of the potter's wheel
What is centering?
pressing a design into wet clay
What is stamping?
a portable turntable
What is decorating wheel?
glaze you cannot see through
What is opaque?
stage after the first firing
What is bisque?
taking dry unusable clay and making it usable again
what is recycling?
apply a colored slip and scratch your design through it so the natural clay shows
What is sgraffito?
wooden tool used to draw the walls up on the potter's wheel and shape the pot
What is throwing rib?