General Stuff
This is what can happen if there is an air bubble in clay and it gets fired
It can explode
Clay that is beginning to dry but the surface can still be carved easily
leather hard
You use this tool to smooth and clean pieces
sponge
Best method of sticking pieces of clay together
scratch and attach (or score and slip)
wedging
You need at least this many coats of glaze
3 coats
Clay that is completely dry and ready to be bisque fired
bone dry
The item you set your piece on while you're working on a project
ware board
Rolled out "snakes" of clay used to build strong pieces
coils
Thermally insulated ovens where clay is fired
kilns
This is what happens if you leave glaze on the bottom of your piece
It will get stuck to the kiln shelf
This is the stage of clay when it is most easily shaped and molded
plastic
The tool used to spin clay into items like bowls and vases
potter's wheel
Building things like boxes with clay that has been rolled and/or flattened
slab building
True or False: Clay that has been fired can be recycled
FALSE
This is the stuff you use to glue pieces of plastic clay together
slip
A ceramic piece that has been glazed and fired
glaze ware
Tools used to scrape away clay and/or create designs in leather hard clay
loop tools or carving tools
In Ceramics 1 we aren't doing wheel thrown pottery, we are building skills around the 3 methods of ____
hand building
The coating of glass and silicate that fuses with clay when fired
glaze
earthenware
The stage of clay after the first firing
bisque
The bean-shaped plastic, wood, or metal item used for smoothing and shaping
rib tool
This method is done by painting a layer of underglaze on leather hard clay and then carving designs into the clay
sgraffito
The machine used to recycle clay quickly
pug mill