Ceramics Vocabulary

A fluid mixture of clay and water

• slide

• slurp

• score

• slip

Unfired pottery

• bisqueware

• greenware

• bone dry

• ceramic

The process which changes clay into ceramic

• scoring

• greenware

• firing

• kiln

Rolling out clay into rope like pieces

• snake

• macrame

• coil

• skinny

Clay that has been changed from a lump into a flat piece

• slab

• slub

• slip

• slap

method of kneading clay to get rid of air pockets in clay

• wedging

• walloping

• squishing

• washing

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

• coiling

• slipping

• slab

• scoring

The condition of clay that is totally air-dried

• Bisque ware
• Slip
• Leather Hard
• Bone dry

Element of Design:
The surface quality of a shape (for example: rough, smooth, soft, hard, or glossy). Can be physical or visual.

• texture
• color
• value
• direction

Clay that has been fired once is called

• leather hard
• bone dry
• glazeware
• bisqueware