States of Clay
This is the wettest stage of clay and works as a glue
What is slip
Although it's been fired, it is not food safe
What is bisque-ware?
This type of building style requires a wheel
?What is throwing
This type of glaze does not produce a glass like finish
What is underglaze?
You use this to prewash your hands after using clay
What is a bucket
This is the most fragile state of clay AND the ONLY type of clay that can go in the kiln
What is bone dry?
This state of clay has a glass like finish
What is glazeware?
This type of building style requires liquid clay that is the consistency of heavy cream
What is slip casting?
This glazing technique involves using a colored slip or underglaze on leather hard pottery and carving away parts
What is sgraffito?
This type of clay feels cooler and is darker
What is wet clay?
This is the stage of clay that can be used for casting molds
What is slip?
Leather hard clay is this
What is greenware?
The stages of clay needed to put together a slab box
What is leather hard and custard thick slip
This type of glazing technique involves carving on leather hard clay and wiping an under glaze over it to fill in the carving marks
What is inlay?
You should never use this to clean your clay tools
What is a sink?
This is the stage of clay that can be used for making pinch pots
What is plastic?
Plastic clay is this
What is greenware?
The types of clay needed for coil construction
What is plastic and custard thick slip?
Before you glaze a piece, it's extremely important you do this
What is wash it?
When cleaning up your tabletop you should use these items
What is a towel and water spray bottle?
This is the type of clay that can be used in slab building
What is leather or leather hard?
This is the point in which clay becomes ceramics
What is the bisque firing?
If I want to construct a slab mug, this is the state of clay I would use for the body of it.
What is leather?
Glazes can only be applied to this
What is bisqueware?
If you want to keep your clay in a certain state you need to control this
What is the humidity?
(the ratio of air and water molecules)