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Vocab for Ceramics
Final Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bisque | pottery fired once without glaze. |
| Bisque Fire | first firing without glaze. |
| centering | moving clay in the middle of the wheel, so it can be thrown so it can be perfectly round. |
| clay | alumina+silica+water |
| fire | to heat a clay object in a kilm to a certain temp |
| glaze | thin coating of glass which is developed in clay ware by the fusion under heat of inorganic materials |
| glaze fire | the final fire with glaze |
| Klin | furnace of refactory clay bricks for fire pottery and fusing glass |
| Klin furnature | refactory post and shelves used for stacking pottery in the kilm for firing. |
| pinch | midualative clay with your fingures in your palm in a hollow shape using the pinching approach. |
| potters wheel | device that is either manual or electrical wheel head used to sit at and make pottery forms |
| slab | pressed or rolled flat sections of clay used to hand building |
| slip | clay with water with a creamy constiency used like a glue. |
| throwing | creating ceramic vessels on a potters wheel. |
| wedging | method of kneading clay to remove all air pockets |
| coil | piece of clay rolled like a rope used for making pottery |
| potter | person who makes pots or ceramic arts |
| consider | deem to be |
| minute | immeasurably small |
| accord | concurrence of opinion |
| evident | clearly revealed to the mind or senses of judgement |
| practice | a customary way of operation or behavior |