Ceramics

art and science of making things out of clay made permanent with a temperature of 1300°F

• slip

• score

• kiln

• ceramics

kneading clay to get rid of any air bubbles

• leather-hard

• green ware

• wedging

• pinching

making a vessel by squeezing the clay

• coiling

• pinching

• slab

• slip

making an object out of stacked clay ropes

• coiling

• leather-hard

• green ware

• firing

very watery clay that is applied to scoring to hold separate parts together

• kiln

• slab

• score

• slip

a flat piece of clay

• green ware

• ceramics

• slab

• glaze

partially dry clay that can still be carved but cannot be bent

• green ware

• leather-hard

• bone-dry

• coil

dry, unfired clay that is very fragile

• slab

• slip

• ceramics

• green ware

clay that is completely dry and ready to be put in the kiln

• slip

• bone-dry

• slab

• leather hard

an oven where clay is heated to make the clay permanent and strong

• coil

• slab

• ceramics

• kiln