ceramics vocabulary

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The properties of clay that allow it to to be easily shaped and manipulated

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plasticity

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The procedure of forming and shaping clay by squeezing the clay between your thumb and finger.

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pinch

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A technique that uses long ropes of clay to make pottery:

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coiling

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The roughening of the surface of wet clay in order to attach another piece of wet clay

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scoring

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A fluid mixture of clay and water

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slip

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A stage in the drying process of clay when the clay is pliable but strong enough to handle

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leather hard

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Unfired pottery

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greenware

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The process which changes clay into ceramic

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firing

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An insulated box which is heated to fire pottery and clay sculpture

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kiln

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A term applied to the first firing before glazing

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bisque