Ceramic Terms

A term used to describe the quality of clay that allows it to be easily manipulated

• Scoring

• Plasticity

• Texture

• Firing

Crosshatching in clay for the purpose of attaching one piece of clay to another

• Texture

• Slip

• Velcro

• Scoring

Surface quality of an object

• Leather Hard

• Texture

• Plastic

• Bisque

The condition of clay after much of the moisture has gone out (it can still be carved or joined to another piece of clay)

• Leather Hard

• Firing

• Bisque

• Scoring

A furnace for firing ceramic products

• Firing

• Kiln

• Bisque

• Texture

Firing

• When someone loses their job

• The process of baking the ceramic products in a kiln at a high degree of temperature

• Clay that is soft, pliable and easy to work with.

• The second firing of the clay with a coating of glaze upon its surface, it is fired to a higher temperature than bisque and therefore fuses the particles into a solid, non-porous state called vitrification.

Slip

• A thick and creamy mixture of clay and water used to join clay parts together or to decorate the surface. It is applied before firing, when the clay is still wet.

• Crosshatching in clay for the purpose of attaching one piece of clay to another

• A furnace for firing ceramic products

The first firing for the clay, removes all of the water, (both actual and chemical) and carbon. The fusing of the particles has begun, yet the clay is still porous to allow for glaze absorption. It can no longer be slaked down and recycled.

• Glaze Firing

• Bisque

• Kiln

The second firing of the clay with a coating of glaze upon its surface, it is fired to a higher temperature than bisque and therefore fuses the particles into a solid, non-porous state called vitrification.

• Bisque

• Glazeware

• Kiln

What is a pinch pot

• A clay monster

• a construction method using your hands to make a sausage shape from clay

• a construction method using your hands to make a bowl