Clay Basics
When you have extra clay, we always __________ to reduce waste.
What is recycle or Pugg Mill?
Joining clay pieces by scratching, pressing and blending the edges is called this
What is scoring and slipping?
After your clay is finished and you are ready to add glaze, you must run the clay through what?
What is bisque firing?
A glossy, glass-like coating applied and fused to pottery is called this
What is glaze?
Your work must be __________ before it is able to be bisque fired
What is Bone Dry?
When you mix clay and water together to the consistency of cream cheese you get?
What is Slip?
Manipulating the clay between thumb and fingers to form a shape is this simple method called....
What is Pinch or Pinching?
When you have glazed something Cone 05 and you are ready to fire it.. Where do you put it?
What is the Kiln Room - Bottom Shelf?
What Cone does Stroke and Coat fire at?
What is Cone 05?
A tool used to clean and smooth the clay that is made of silicone and can be many colors is
What is a Rib or a Kidney?
The wet, workable state of clay ready to shape is called this
What is Greenware?
Rolling snake like ropes of clay is called?
What is Coiling?
Inside of the kiln there are shelves and _________. Every time the kiln is loaded it is made to accommodate the work inside. Build up and taken down each time
What are posts?
When painting underglaze you need to consider adding _______ or it will be _________.
What is Green Clear Glaze & Matte?
These will bend when they meet tempurature. They tell us how much heat has happened over an amount of time.
What is a Cone?
The stage when clay has dried enough to handle but is slightly tough. Really great for carving is called?
What is Leatherhard?
When building a coil vessel you need to make sure you ___________ one side or it will fall apart at each intersection.
What is Blend, Blending or Smooth?
This property describes how much a clay body _________ as it dries and is fired.
What is Shrink or Shrinkage?
What Cone does the black dip buckets fire to?
What is Cone 5?
A personalized signature in the bottom of the work usually pressed in with a hand-made stamp is called a
The process of removing air pockets from clay by compressing and folding is called this?
What is Wedging?
If I want to make this ___ look at item in classroom__ the best technique would be to use _____ and why?
What is Slab or Slab Construction?
A glaze defect from having it be too dusty is where a glassy layer pulled back into patches, leaving bare clay. Often looking like bugs on the surface is called this
What is crawling?
When you carve lines, fill them with underglaze and then scrape or wash them away, we call that?
The technical term for the temperature at which clay becomes glasslike and non‑porous. It is solidified and a final piece is this
What is vitrification?