Stages of clay
This stage of clay has the most amount of water and can be used as an adhesive
What is slip?
A snake-like form rolled with clay
What is a coil?
The tool used for scoring, incising, and detailing clay. Often used by the artist to sign their name in the clay
What is a needle tool?
This is the way to prepare the plastic clay before putting it on the bat
What is slapping it into a sphere?
The first firing of clay
What is bisque fire?
Two ways to slow the drying time of clay
What is spraying with water and wrapping in plastic?
One way to create a slab
What is a rolling pin?
Or
What is the slab roller?
A wooden tool used to model clay and blend coils
What is a wood modeling tool
What is a bat?
Soil made up of very fine particles which is used to create ceramic works
What is clay?
After this type of firing the piece will be food and drink safe
Plaster molds that clay can be pressed or slumped into
What are slump or drape molds?
A bean shaped tool used to smooth and scrape clay
What is a rib?
The process of pinching/squeezing the clay walls to thin them and make them taller
What is pulling?
The art or technology of making objects with clay which are then fired
What is ceramics?
The unfired stage of clay that is dry enough to be smoothed by sandpaper
What is bone dry?
In the slip-casting process it is important to shake up the slip and water mixture to ensure that the clay particles are
What is suspended in the water?
A turntable used when decorating or glazing ceramics
What is a banding wheel?
The steps in the wheel throwing process can be simplified to this acronym
What is COPS?
(Center, Open, Pull, Shape)
The reason glazes look different in the bottle compared to how they look after being fired is the same reason bisque clay can no longer be recycled. When fired, they "undergo" something
What is a chemical change?
These two stages of clay cannot be recycled
What is bisqueware or glazeware?
In this technique the artist allows slabs to slightly harden before construction, so they can stand up without slumping over, but are still plastic enough to attach
What is stiff slab construction?
The tool needed to trim leatherhard clay when using the griffin grip
What is a loop tool?
Sitting close to the wheel head and keeping your elbows lock maximizes this
What is stability?
Iron oxide gives terracotta clay this color
What is red?