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
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