Advanced Ceramics Final Exam Study Guide

Front

A flat disk or slab of sturdy material on which pottery is formed or dried.

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Bat

Front

The activity of shaping clay on the potter's wheel.

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Throwing

Front

To construct clay forms without the use of a potter’s wheel

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Handbuilding

Front

The process of putting a soft or liquid material into a form which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowing it to solidify.

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Casting

Front

Grooves cut into the clay in parallel lines running in any direction.

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Fluting

Front

The base of a pot

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Foot

Front

A decoration stamped into leather-hard clay with a tool, form, or other material.

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Impressed design

Front

A hollow form used to give shape to a plastic material.

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Mold

Front

A color or design applied to greenware before it has been fired or glazed.

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Underglaze

Front

A decoration created by scratching away parts of a surface layer to expose a different colored ground.

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Sgraffito