Handbuilding technique in which a ball of clay is pinched from the center out with the thumbs to create a bowl shape.
What is pinch technique?
100
A large oven that ceramics are baked in.
what is a kiln?
100
clay that is fresh out of the bag is in this stage
What is wet?
100
a sharp metal tool that required an ID card to check out
What is a pin tool?
100
Handbuilding technique in which the object is built up with rope like pieces of clay, one on top of another.
What is coil technique?
200
The art of making things from clay
What is ceramics?
200
A thin coating of special glass, used as a decoration and to seal clay surfaces.
What is Glaze?
200
Clay that is dry enough to be joined or carved without distortion. Clay in this state is hard to bend but soft enough to be carved.
What is leather hard?
200
a plastic or metal tool used for smoothing clay
What is a rib tool?
200
Handbuilding technique in which flat pieces of clay are joined together.
What is the slab technique?
300
Roughing up the surface of the clay for joining pieces.
What is scoring?
300
The initial Firing
What is a bisque firing?
300
Clay that has not been fired.
What is greenware?
300
a wooden tool with a tapered end
What is a wooden knife tool?
300
A liquid form of clay used as a glue to join pieces. Can also be used for decoration.
What is slip?
400
Carving designs into a flat surface.
What is incising?
400
the temperature that our kiln reaches
What is 1800 degrees?
400
the most fragile stage of clay
What is bone dry?
400
A plastic form attached to the potters wheel before throwing so your pieces can be removed without distortion.
What is a bat?
400
Forming clay on the potters wheel
What is wheel throwing?
500
A raised peice of clay that allows the form to stand away from the surface it is placed on
What is a foot?
500
The cone that we fire at in our kiln
What is between cone 04 and 06?
500
Clay that has been fired one time and has not yet been glazed.
What is bisque?
500
A type of thermometer placed in the kiln to indicate when firing is complete. The cone is made of glaze materials and will bend to indicate the end of a firing.
What is a cone?
500
The proces of making a semetrical lump of clay that is precisely in the center of the wheel