A fast spinning, motor or foot driven wheel, upon which clay is formed by the pressure of the hands.
What is a Potter's Wheel?
100
A technique of combining long rope/snake-like rolls of clay on top of one another.
What is Coiling?
100
Very wet/creamy clay used to join pieces of clay, can be used as decoration.
What is Slip?
100
A 3-dimensional object.
What is a Form?
100
A Thin coat of glass used to seal and decorate clay.
What is Glaze?
200
A heavily insulated furnace, capable of generating enough heat to change the nature of clay.
What is a Kiln?
200
Using flattened clay to construct forms and walls.
What is Slab Building?
200
Brittle clay ware, stage of drying when moisture in the clay body has evaporated so the clay surface no longer feels cold.
What is Bone Dry?
200
The tactile qualities or feeling of a particular surface.
What is Texture?
200
These do not fire the same color as they appear in the container. They fire with a glossy shine.
What are Low Fire Glazes?
300
A cylindrical press that is used to flatten clay into sheets.
What is a Slab Roller?
300
Squeezing clay, usually between fingers and thumb.
What is Pinching?
300
Clay objects that permanently retain their shape after being heated at a high temperature.
What is Ceramics?
300
Arranging elements so that no one part of a work overpowers or seems heavier than another part.
What is Balance?
300
A decorating technique where a layer of slip is applied to a clay body and scratched through to reveal the clay color.
What is Sgraffito?
400
A machine that passes clay through a cylinder creating a final product that is forced into a particular shape.
What is an Extruder?
400
The technique of using a Potter's Wheel to create forms.
What is Throwing?
400
Unglazed clay, fired once at a low temperature.
What is Bisque Ware?
400
Repetition of a design.
What is Pattern?
400
This is done on the potter's wheel when the piece is leather hard, created for beauty and to give the piece a stable and functional foundation.
What is Trimming a Foot?
500
A motorized machine that is used to mix clay to a usable consistency. It also forms the clay into large coils.
What is a Pug Mill?
500
Working mainly by hand to build up and/or manipulate clay to create a form. This is an additive process opposed to carving.
What is Modeling?
500
The property of clay that allows it to change shape without tearing or breaking, refers to how flexible the clay body is.
What is Plastic?
500
Subtracting or absence of clay. The space around or between the form/subject.
What is Negative Space?
500
Polishing the surface of a leather hard pot to compact it, and produce and maintain sheen at low firing temperatures. Objects such as a smooth stone, or the back of a spoon are good tools for this.