Hand-building
A suspension of ceramic materials in water. (Clay Glue)
Slip
A loosely-used term; often means earthenware or just any clay
piece that has been fired
Pottery
Name the cone for Bisque and Glaze
Cone 04 & Cone 5 -6
Furnace for firing clay
Kiln
Wet Work
Stage in which clay has the most elasticity.
Moveable, Workable,
Moving and shaping clay, usually with the fingers
Pinching
The process of forming clay on a revolving potter’s wheel from solid humps into hollow pieces.
Throwing
Earthenware
All ware with a permeable or porous body after firing.
a horizontal disk revolving on a spindle and carrying the clay being shaped by a potter.
Pottery Wheel
Glaze
Provides decoration and color, prevents the penetration of liquids or acids, and yields a matte or glossy finish, easily cleaned, functional surface
Flat piece of clay from which shapes can be fabricated.
Slab
The process of removing any air from within the clay
Wedging
Firing
Heating in a kiln to the required temperature for clay or glaze, at
Least to red heat, 1300 F
Name three handbuilding techniques
Slab, Coil, Pinch
Bisque
Unglazed but fired ware, usually accomplished in a low temperature firing
Age-old method of constructing hollow forms by rolling and attaching ropes of soft clay
Coiling
Any slab used as a base for throwing or hand building clay
Bat
Clay
Fine grained earth materials formed by the decomposition of igneous Rock; when combined with water, clay is plastic enough to be shaped; When dry, it is strong; and when it is subjected to red heat or above, it will, become progressively more dense and rock-like.
These are plaster slabs and plaster-surfaced tables for wedging your clay. Wedging tables are very popular items in shared studio spaces and classrooms because the plaster sucks the moisture out of the clay that is thrown on to it.
Wedging Table
Leather-Hard
Stage in which clay is stiff enough to support itself but can still be altered
A cross-hatch and moistening method of putting together coils,
slabs, or other clay forms in the wet or leather-hard stage.
When referring to clay, it’s ability to be maneuvered without breaking
Elasticity
Ceramics
Art and science of forming objects from earth materials and firing
them in a kiln to at least 1300 F
Pyramids made of clay and glaze constituents that soften and bend at specific temperatures.
Cones
Bone Dry
Unfired clay body that is completely dry and free from moisture; Clay at this stage is ready for bisque firing