Study Guide 

Study the Definition and match them with the Terms.

Kneading clay with the hands to force out air pockets. -- WEDGING

Hand building technique, using hands to roll out rope shaped lengths of clay. -- COIL

Hand building technique, which uses the fingers to gently pinch the clay to shape it into a bowl,
or other forms. -- PINCH

A building technique using rolling pins to create sheets of clay. These can be cut to form patterns and assembled into forms. -- SLAB

A joining technique where two edges to be attached are roughened up and glued with a liquid clay. -- SCORE AND SLIP

A condition of raw clay where it has lost most of its moisture but is still able to be joined or carved. -- LEATHER HARD

A condition where clay has completely lost its moisture -- is ready to be fired in a kiln. -- BONE DRY

Unfired pottery. Ready to be bisque fired.  -- GREENWARE

A furnace made of ceramic used to fire ceramic objects. -- KILN

Heating the dry clay to a temperature where the clay structure changes and produces a hard, permanent, new clay structure. -- FIRE

Clay mixed with water with a mayonnaise consistency. Used in casting and decoration. -- SLIP

A flat disc made out of wood or plastic on which is worked. -- BAT

A low fired clay body. -- EARTHENWARE 

Designed clay pieces that are added to a clay form using a score/slip technique. -- APPLIQUE OR APPLIED DESIGN

A rubber, metal or wooden tool used to facilitate wheel throwing of pottery forms. -- RIB

The ancient rubbing process. -- BURNISHING

Pottery which has been fired once. -- BISQUE

First firing, without glaze. -- BISQUE FIRE

A thin coating of glass. -- GLAZE

A mixture of different types of clays and minerals for a specific ceramic purpose. -- CLAY BODY