Pottery Exam

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A surface coating fired on the ceramic object for decoration and to make the object waterproof.

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glaze

Front

This tool is made of wood or plastic and is used to cut trim or soft clay.

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Modeling tool

Front

The tool used for cutting soft clay and removal of Ware from the wheel is called

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Clay cutter

Front

Pinching, modeling, coiling and slab construction are all examples of

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Handbuilding

Front

Colored decoration applied before the glaze.

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underglaze

Front

Crushed bisque added to clay to make it stronger and help it dry more thoroughly.

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grog

Front

Decomposed granite-type rock; is a natural resource; formed by processes that took millions of years to create.

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natural clay

Front

Formed clay object that has been fired one time; is not glazed.

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bisque ware

Front

The tool that is covered with canvas or denim and is used as a work surface.

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covered board

Front

The substance painted on bisque ware, used as a resist, when glazing ceramics is called

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Wax