Clay Tools
This tool features a serrated edge. Great for scoring clay as well as creating designs and patterns.
Serrated Rib Tool
Clay has begun to dry out and can no longer be formed or molded but the surface can easily be carved
Leather hard
A method of building that involves rolling the clay into long snake-like pieces
Coil building
A mixture of water, ground stone, minerals, "dirt", and glass.
Clay
What is Frankie's sign?
Virgo
A tool used for cutting clay, especially for cutting clay from large blocks and for cutting pots off the wheel or bats after throwing.
Wire Cutters
The name of the first firing
Bisque
A method of joining two pieces of clay together using slip and a serrated rib
Scoring and slipping (or scratch and attach)
What protective layer do you use to put clay through the slab roller
Canvas
What is Grace's sign?
Pisces
A tool used to remove controlled amounts of clay. Can also be used for carving clay away from the surface to create fun designs or patterns.
Loop Tool
Clay that has been completely air dried and is ready to go to the first kiln firing
Bone dry
What are the 3 ways to make a slab?
Slab Roller, Throwing the clay, Rolling pin
What do you do after you have finished dunking your piece into a glaze
Wipe the bottoms!
What was the animal that Grace was building the first week of class?
A tortoise/turtle
A piece of studio equipment that rolls out perfect slabs of clay for hand-building pottery and ceramics.
Slab Roller
This is a very watery version of clay that is used for patching, smoothing, and attaching pieces of clay.
Slip
If you want to create a solid-looking shape, you need to make sure to do this to let air escape
Create an air hole/ hollow it out
A sometimes glassy coating on ceramics. It is used for decoration, to ensure the item is impermeable to liquids, and to minimize the adherence of pollutants.
What is Glaze
What program are Grace and Frankie currently in?
The Resident artist Program
Needle tool
Any pottery that has not been bisque fired
Greenware
A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color
Sgrafitto
Colorful bottles of clay slip that we use to add colors to our clay
Underglaze
How many pinch pots did Frankie make during camp?