Stages of Clay
The liquid stage of clay.
What is slip
You need this many layers of glaze
The four S's of attaching clay together in order
The general name of the "oven" used to fire pottery
What is Kiln
This happens when wet clay is fired
What is explosion or a project blowing up
The driest and most brittle stage of clay
What is bone dry
The area that glaze is generally not applied
What is the bottom or underneath a project
When you earn points in a game and cut small marks in the surface of clay
What is score or scoring
The name and scale for temperature for firing ceramic material
What is Pyrometric Cone Scale
Something you never want to lose
What is the game
At this stage you are ready to glaze your pottery
What is Bisque or Bisqueware
What is layering 2 or more glazes or layering multiple glazes
This looks like a Wendy's frosty and bonds clay together
What is slip
Bisque firing pottery is generally conducted at this temperature
What is Cone 04 or over 1900F
This is what happens to clay as it dries
What is shrink or shrinkage
The stage at which you can most easily sculpt clay
What is wet/plastic
Using a bulbous blue tool with a fine tip to add thin lines of liquid clay or glaze for fine designs
What is slip trailing
These items can help you smooth your seamline together
What are tools
The shelves and stilts used inside a kiln are referred to as
What is furniture
The name of the white clay generally used in our classes
What is Ice Man w/ Grog
This is the stage after the second firing when most pottery is covered in a smooth glassy surface covering and ready to be used
What is glazeware or glaze fired
This type of glaze is generally the same color before and after being fired, can be mixed and blended like paint, and shows up as matte unless a clearcoat glaze is added
What is underglaze
When you don't score, slip, stick, and smooth this will most likely happen and lead to bad grades, sadness, and finding out the hard way
What is clay attachments falling apart or weak attachments or breaking
It is not kennel, kilm, or oven, but
What is Kiln
Don't glaze the bottom or this happens
What is stick to the shelf or ruining both your project and the shelf