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ceramics vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| wedge | Clay preparation, where a lump of clay is rolled upon itself, while stretching and pulling to get out the air bubbles. |
| score | Roughing up surface of a piece of clay, usually by making hatch marks with a needle tool, to attach to another piece of clay |
| slip | liquid clay |
| pinch pot | A cup form that is made from a ball of clay after pinching and rotating to create an opening in the clay. |
| kiln | A special oven or furnace that can reach very high temperatures and is used to bake or fire clay. |
| fire | -A process of applying heat to make a hard pottery, done in a kiln. |
| ceramic | Objects made of clay fired |
| clay | A natural material of earth, that becomes plastic when moistened and hard when fired. |
| plastic | Clay that molds nicely. |
| bat | A wooden surface on which clay is handled. |
| slab construction | A method of construction in which sheets of clay are rolled out, cut to size and then attached to create the desired form using the score and slip method. |
| slab | even slice of clay. |
| bisque | Unglazed clay that has been fired once |
| bisque firing | The first firing which drives the physical water from the clay and hardens it. |
| greenware | Unfired pottery that is bone dry, a state in which the clay forms are the most fragile. |
| leatherhard | Point in the drying process when the clay is no longer pliable, it can support itself and carves well. |
| armature | The skeleton like framework used for support of a sculpture |
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