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Vocab for Ceramics
Final Vocab
Question | Answer |
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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 |