Random Questions
Ceramic Materials
Ceramic Techniques
Ceramics Tools
Kiln Terms
100

glaze colors that most commonly contained lead

red orange and yellow

100
A mixture of water, ground stone, minerals, "dirt", and glass.
What is clay?
100
The process used to attach two pieces of clay.
What is slipping and scoring?
100

Used to make sure lids are the same size

calipers

100

What is the kiln made out of 

Firebrick

200

What are the four types of clay we carry?

Procelain, Red Brown, Liz Lite, 63B

200

The toxic stuff 

silica

200
This is when you remove clay from the middle of a thick section of a sculpture.
What is hollowing?
200

aka pin tool

needle tool

200

Cone 6 temp

2200-2269

300

What is the size of the studio in square feet

2600

300
This is a very watery version of clay that is used for patching, smoothing, and attaching pieces of clay.
What is slip?
300
A process of attaching more pieces of clay to create a texture or form.
What is additive sculpting?
300
This tool is used to slice big pieces of clay off from a larger chunk (hint: it's not green!).
What is a wire tool or cutting wire?
300
The two types of firing

Reduction, Oxidation

400

What is Luna's middle name

Buble

400

What causes crawling?

issues with glaze adhesion due to glaze being too thick, or the bisque being over fired, or the glaze drying too quickly

400
A process of removing clay to create form or texture.
What is subtractive sculpting?
400

What is the other name for a wood knife

potters thumb

400

Term for when something is fired to its rated temp

Vitrify

500
Studio Opening Day

April 19th

500

These are used as supports between the kiln shelves.

What is a post?

500

This is the term for the process of adding a chemical agent to a glaze or clay slurry to cause fine particles to attract, clump together, and form a gel-like structure. 

Flocculation

500

Other name for a grater

Rasp

500

Clay fired above its temperature does this- typical of dark clay bodies- some people with uteruses do this once a month

Bloating

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