Ceramics

Clay after first firing without glaze; it is now permanent, is porous

• Bisque

• Greenware

• Glaze

• Clay

Unfired clay that is free of water and ready to fire; most fragile state.

• Bone Dry

• Bisque

• Ceramic

• Greenware

Clay products that have been fired for permanence.

• Ceramic

• Bisque

• Greenware

• Coiling

A method of creating pots by building bottom and walls with even, ropelike or snakelike pieces of clay

• Coiling

• Slab

• Firing

• Scoring

A moist earth of decomposed rock; used in products such as pottery, bricks, tiles, and sculpture

• Clay

• Ceramic

• Bisque

• Greenware

Making clay products permanent through baking at high temperatures in a kiln.

• Firing

• Bisque

• Scoring

• Slip

Unfired clay that isn't quite dry yet firm enough to carve; clay that has stiffened slightly .

• Leather Hard

• Bone Dry

• Greenware

• Bisque

Making marks on the edges of two pieces of clay before joining with slip.

• Scoring

• Slip

• Coiling

• Firing

Clay evenly rolled and formed by draping or joining.

• Slab

• Coiling

• Slip

• Scoring

Clay in an unfired state (moist, leather hard, or bone dry)

• Greenware

• Bisque

• Bone Dry

• Leather Hard