ceramics vocabulary

Front

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

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pinch

Front

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

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coiling

Front

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

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scoring

Front

A fluid mixture of clay and water

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slip

Front

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

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leather hard

Front

Unfired pottery

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greenware

Front

The process which changes clay into ceramic

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firing

Front

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

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kiln

Front

The first firing before glazing

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bisque

Front

A ceramic paint typically composed of opaque or transparent colors which becomes vitreous when fired.

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glaze