Vocabulary
Earthly material used to make pottery
Clay
Rolling the clay flat using a rolling pin
Slab
Attaching two pieces of clay together by ____ and ____.
Slip and Scoring
Tool used to cut clay
Wire Cutter
Process of heating pottery in kiln
Firing
The art of working with clay
Ceramics
Clay that is completely dried out with no moisture
Bone-Dry
Taking out air bubbles from clay.
Wedging
Tool used to make small details or holes
Needle
What is it called when putting glaze on bisqueware then firing.
Glazing
Device that heats up clay to make Ceramics
Kiln
Rolling the clay into a rope-like shape
Coil
Shaping the clay into a cone on the pottery wheel
Coning
Tool used to smooth out clay
Rib
Stage of clay that is easily moldable.
Plastic
First step in Wheel Throwing
Centering
What is the term for the process of removing excess clay from a sculpture to refine its shape?
What is carving or trimming
Process of using a pottery wheel to make Ceramics
Wheel Throwing
What tool is used to hollow out and shape the interior of pottery forms?
loop tool or trimming tool
Stage of clay that dries more than 24 hours, but it still workable.
Leather-Hard
The machine used to wheel throw
Pottery Wheel
What are three hand-building techniques?
Coil, Slab, and Pinch
What technique involves removing clay from a formed object to create decorative patterns or textures?
Sgraffito
What tool do you press clay into.
Extruder
What stage in the ceramic-making process involves firing pottery in a kiln for the first time?
Bisque firing