Art I - Ceramics

______________Construction: A clay form created by manually pinching and manipulating a mass of clay into a desired shape

• Pinch Pot

• throwing on the wheel

• Slab

• coil

________ Building: Creating the walls of ceramic forms by melding together ropes of clay.

• pinch pot

• throw on the wheel

• slab

• coil

______ Construction: Creating a ceramic form by hand-building walls using flat rolled-out pieces of clay.

• pinch pot

• throw on the wheel

• slab

• coil

To wedge means to cut clay into manageable pieces and push and press on clay to expel all air bubbles trapped in the clay.

• throwing it

• wedging

• slip

• score and slip

A mixture of clay and water in the consistency of mush, that acts like a glue when it is put between two pieces of clay.

• throwing it

• wedging

• slip

• score and slip

 The scratching of the clay surface, prior to applying slip, so that the slip penetrates the clay and bonds the two pieces better.

• throwing it

• wedging

• slip

• scouring and slipping

The Three Stages of Clay:

• Greenware, Bisqueware,

  Glazeware

• wet, dry and garbage

• dirt, water and mud

The state of clay when it goes into the kiln. The clay has no water in it and is referred to as "bone dry".

• Greenware

• Bisqueware

• Glazeware

The state of clay when it comes out of the kiln. It is a permanent state and is hard enough to have glaze applied.

• Greenware

• Bisqueware

• Glazeware

The state of the ceramic art work after the glaze has been applied and the piece has been fired for a second time.

• Greenware

• Bisqueware

• Glazeware