Ceramics vocabulary

A fluid mixture of clay and water

• slide

• slurp

• score

• slip

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

• greenware

• leather hard

• bisqueware

• ceramic

Unfired pottery

• bisqueware

• greenware

• bone dry

• ceramic

The process which changes clay into ceramic

• scoring

• greenware

• firing

• kiln

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

• scrapers

• firing

• kiln

• easybake oven

A term applied to the first firing before glazing

• bone dry

• bisque

• banana pancakes

• plastic

Rolling out clay into rope like pieces

• snake

• macrame

• coil

• skinny

Clay that has been changed from a lump into a flat piece

• slab

• slub

• slip

• slap

A stage in the drying process of clay when all the water has completely evaporated

• baked dry

• desert dry

• bone dry

• bye bye dry

A paint-like mixture that forms a thin, glassy surface on the clay when it is fired is called a ___________

• matte
• slip
• glaze