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A piece of clay formed into a pot by putting your thumb in the middle and pinching the clay
What is the pinching technique
100
The term for heating clay to a high temperature of around 2,000 degrees
What is firing
100
Clay is
What is fine-grained dirt containing silica, alumina and water
100
A special paint for clay that makes it shiny and foodsafe
What is glaze
100
Red, blue and yellow are
What is primary colors
200
Making a pot/vessel by stacking and blending long ropes of clay
What is the coiling technique
200
The name of the machine that heats clay
What is kiln
200
The substance in glaze that makes it shiny and glasslike
What is silica
200
Green, Orange and purple are
What is secondary colors
300
Making a clay piece by using flat pieces of clay
What is slab building
300
Clay that has been fired once
What is bisqueware
300
The glasslike substance in clay
What is silica
300
The three main components of glaze
What is silica, flux, alumina
300
The way the surface of an object looks or feels
What is texture
400
Making clay sculptures by adding or taking away pieces of clay
What is the carving technique
400
Clay that has been fired a second time with special paint containing silica
What is glazeware
400
The temperature at which water is driven out of the clay
What is 600 degrees celcius
400
The substance that keeps the molten glaze from flowing off the pot
What is alumina
400
A way to describe 3-Dimensional objects
What is form
500
Making clay pieces by using a machine
What is using the pottery wheel
500
The name of the substance inside the kiln that retains heat
What is firebrick
500
When the clay turns into a glasslike substance
What is vitrified
500
Our kiln uses reduction or oxidation firing?
What is oxidation
500
The broad category of art that ceramics fall under
What is sculpture
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