Stages of Clay
Handbuilding Techniques
Glazing
Firing
Decorative Techniques
100
Wet, leatherhard, dry.
What are the stages of dryness in clay?
100
Ropes of clay are rolled out, stacked, and joined to create vessels.
What is coil building?
100
Colored or clear minerals suspended in water are applied to the surface of the clay to produce this effect.
What is glazing?
100
The high temperature oven used to harden clay.
What is a kiln?
100
Colored or clear minerals suspended in water are applied to the surface of the clay to produce this effect.
What is glazing?
200
In this stage of dryness the clay has stiffened somewaht, but can still be bent or carved.
What is leatherhard?
200
A process of forming clay by removing material to produce the desired form.
What is carving?
200
The second firing used to harden decorative and or waterproofing material to ceramics.
What is glaze firing?
200
The heating method used to harden clay for a permanent form.
What is firing?
300
It is the stage of clay dryness where it is extremely delicate and ready to fire.
What is bone dry?
300
Clay is rolled out thinly like pie crust, cut, and joined to create different forms or vessels.
What is slab building?
300
A technique where slip of a different color is applied to the clay body, and designs are scraped in the slip, reveaaling the clay color beneath.
What is scraffitto?
300
The first firing before any coloring or waterproofing is applied the clay objects.
What is bisque firing?
400
The stage of clay where it moldable and bendable.
What is plastic?
400
You must score-slip-press-and smooth to do this with clay.
What is joining or attaching clay?
400
A mixture af water and minerals used to color and/or waterproof clay vessels.
What is glaze?
400
To make form screated in clay more permanent.
What is the purpose firing clay?
500
The stage of clay where it has been fired once, and is ready to glaze.
What is bisque?
500
A method of creating pottery vessels or sculpture using only the hands.
What is pinching?
500
A method of decoration where a layer of colored slip is applied to leatherhard clay, and designs scratched through to reveal the clay body beneath.
What is scraffitto?
500
The second firing, intended to waterproof and decorate clay vessels or sculpture.
What is glaze firing?
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