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VSDB-Clay
Question | Answer |
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Pottery | Objects made with clay |
Clay | A very fine soil that is mildable when moist but hard when fired |
Kiln | An oven for heating clay pottery |
Slab | A flat piece of clay rolled out to about 1/4" thick. used in handbuilding technique. |
Score | To scratch tiny crisscross lines on areas of clay that will be joined with clay slip |
Glaze | A thin coating of glass making materials that melt when fired |
Wheel | a machine with a rotating plate to use to form things out of clay |
Fire | to use a kiln to bake the clay |
Coil | Rolling out long pieces of clay and joining the pieces together to build objects such as pots and sculptures. Refers to a handbuilding technique. |
Slip | Clay mixed with water |
Ceramic | The heating of materials that come from the earth to create functional and decorative objects |