Building Techniques I
Firing
Stages of Clay
Tools
Building Techniques II
100

Handbuilding technique in which clay is rolled out and shapes are cut for design adornments. 

What is slab technique?

100
A large oven that ceramics are baked in.
what is a kiln?
100
clay that is fresh out of the bag is in this stage
What is wet?
100

a sharp metal tool that helps alter the lip or rim of your vessel. 

What is a pin tool?

100

A wheel throwing technique that allows you to raise the walls of the clay. 

What is lifting technique?

200
The art of making things from clay
What is ceramics?
200
A thin coating of special glass, used as a decoration and to seal clay surfaces.
What is Glaze?
200
Clay that is dry enough to be joined or carved without distortion. Clay in this state is hard to bend but soft enough to be carved.
What is leather hard?
200

a rubber or wooden tool used for shaping clay

What is a rib tool?

200

A process used to attach a handle to a mug.

What is the slipping and scoring technique?

300
Roughing up the surface of the clay for joining pieces.
What is scoring?
300
The initial Firing
What is a bisque firing?
300
Clay that has not been fired.
What is greenware?
300

a wooden tool with a dual end with one side that  tapers down

What is a wooden knife tool?

300
A liquid form of clay used as a glue to join pieces. Can also be used for decoration.
What is slip?
400

Dating back to ancient Mesopotamia, this rotating machine is used by potters to shape, throw, and trim clay vessels.

What is the pottery wheel?

400

the temperature that our kiln reaches for a bisque firing

What is 1800 degrees?

400
the most fragile stage of clay
What is bone dry?
400
A plastic form attached to the potters wheel before throwing so your pieces can be removed without distortion.
What is a bat?
400
Forming clay on the potters wheel
What is wheel throwing?
500
A raised peice of clay that allows the form to stand away from the surface it is placed on
What is a foot?
500

The cone that we glaze fire to.

What is cone 6?

500
Clay that has been fired one time and has not yet been glazed.
What is bisque?
500
A type of thermometer placed in the kiln to indicate when firing is complete. The cone is made of glaze materials and will bend to indicate the end of a firing.
What is a cone?
500
The proces of making a semetrical lump of clay that is precisely in the center of the wheel
What is centering?
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