Vocabulary
Process
Technique
Tools
Stages
100

Grainly earthly material used to make pottery

Clay

100

Rolling the clay flat using a rolling pin

Slab

100

Attaching two pieces of clay together by ____ and ____.

Slip and Scoring

100

Tool used to cut clay

Wire Cutter

100

Process of heating pottery in kiln

Firing

200

The art of working with clay

Ceramics

200

Clay that is completely dried out with no moisture

Bone-Dry

200

Taking out air bubbles from clay.

Wedging

200

Tool used to make small details or holes

Needle

200

What is it called when putting glaze on bisqueware then firing.

Glazing

300

Device that heats up clay to make Ceramics

Kiln

300

Rolling the clay into a coil-like shape

Coil

300

Shaping the clay into a cone on the pottery wheel

Coning

300

Tool used to smooth out clay

rib

300

Stage of clay that is easily moldable.

Plastic

400

First step in Wheel Throwing

Centering

400

What is the term for the process of removing excess clay from a sculpture to refine its shape?

Carving or trimming

400

Process of using a pottery wheel to make Ceramics

Wheel Throwing

400

What tool is used to hollow out and shape the interior of pottery forms

Loop tool or trimming tool

400

Stage of clay that dries more than 24 hours, but it still workable.

Leather-Hard

500

The machine used to wheel throw

Pottery Wheel

500

What are three hand-building techniques?

Coil, Slab, and Pinch

500

What technique involves removing clay from a formed object to create decorative patterns or textures?

Sgraffito

500

What tool do you press clay into?

Extruder

500

What stage in the cermaic-making process involves firing pottery in a kiln for the first time?

Bisque firing

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