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Clay Terms
Clay Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bisque | Unglazed fired pottery |
| Clay | A decomposed granite type rock |
| Coiling | A hand method of building pots using ropes or coils of clay |
| Decorative | Ceramic pieces meant to be viewed but not having a specific purpose |
| Functional | Ceramic pieces serving a useful purpose |
| Glaze | A liquid suspension of finely ground minerals that is applied to the surface of bisque ware. |
| Greenware | Unfired dried pottery |
| Kiln | A furnace made of refractory clay materials use for firing clay items. |
| Leatherhard | The condition of clay when most of the moisture has left the clay, but is still soft enough to be carved or burnished easily. |
| Pinch | A hand method of forming pottery by pinching a bowl or object from a ball of plastic clay |
| Plastic | The quality of clay retaining any given shape and form yet is still pliable and flexible |
| Pottery | Ceramic containers |
| Slip | Clay in liquid suspension |
| Slab | A hand method of forming plastic clay into flat slabs, then cutting and joining the slabs together with slip |
| Shrinkage | Contraction of the clay in either the drying or firing stages |
| Wedging | Kneading plastic clay with fingers and heel of hand in a rocking motion which forces out trapped air pockets and develops a uniform texture. |
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