Ceramics Vocabulary Flashcard

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This form of clay acts as a "glue" to connect pieces of pottery together while hand building.

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slip

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This refers to a method of joining two pieces of clay together.

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Score and Slip

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When speaking of clay, we refer to five basic stages of clay. They are: Greenware, bisque, leather hard, plastic, glaze ware

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Greenware, bisque, leather hard, plastic, glaze ware

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This is a method in which the clay is shaped by inserting the thumb of one hand into the clay and lightly squeezing with the thumb and fingers while slowly rotating the ball in the palm of the other hand.

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Pinching

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This is the process of heating the pottery to a specific temperature in order to bring about a particular change in the clay or the surface.

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Firing

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A glass-like surface coating for ceramics that is used to decorate and seal the pores of the fired clay is called

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Glaze

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The term for ceramic ware that has not yet been fired is

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Greenware

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This is the technique of building ceramic forms by rolling out ropes of clay and joining them together with scoring and slipping.

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Coil Building

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A specialized oven or furnace used for industrial processes such as firing clay for pottery or bricks

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Kiln

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A method of kneading clay to get rid of any air bubbles

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Wedging