Hand Building Methods
The process of turning a lump of clay in your hand and pressing it into a little bowl...
Pinch technique.
A pointy tool used to cut or trim clay.
Needlepoint tool.
Professional crafts person who makes pottery?
Potter.
This term refers to the process of heating the clay in the kiln.
What is fired?
Pottery that has hardened by not being baked in the kiln.
Greenware.
Laying thin ropes of clay on top of each other then smoothing them to create a flowing piece of pottery...
Coil technique.
Used to make an impression on clay.
Stamp.
A oven used to bake clay.
Kiln.
The final firing of a pot to melt the glaze.
Glazing.
Pottery that is semi-dry, but can still be carved.
Leather-hard.
Using a pottery wheel to make pottery.
Throwing technique.
A wooden tool used to blend clay together.
What is the modeling tool?
Greek market where pottery was sold.
Agora.
The oven used to heat pottery to extreme temperatures.
Kiln.
Pottery that is completely dry...
Bone-dry.
Rolling clay with a rolling pin or using a machine to make the clay a certain thickness is called...
Slab technique.
Used to slice large slabs of clay and to cut pots off of the potter's wheel.
What is the wire cutter?
Large potter jugs.
Amphora.
The first firing in which the water molecules in the clay are burned off and the clay is left hard but still porous.
Bisque.
What is clay made from?
Earth (minerals, plant life, and animals)—all ingredients of soil.
Used to trim clay that is almost hard.
Loop tool.
Kneading clay to dispel air bubbles and make the clay uniform.
Wedging.
How are ceramics being used in advanced technology?
Supersonic jets, artificial joints and limbs, dentistry, space shuttle.