EL Clay Unit: Pinch Pot

A product from the earth that when heated, becomes hard

• clay

• plastic

• slip

liquid clay

• clay

• plastic

• slip

clay that is soft

• clay

• plastic

• slip

1/2 clay that is almost dry

• leather-hard

• bone-dry

• bisque

Clay that is all dry. The water is gone.

• leather-hard

• bone-dry

• bisque

Clay that has been fired once

• leather-hard

• bone-dry

• bisque

Clay that has glaze painted over. It is fired again.

• glaze

• kiln

• bisque

An oven that heats and fires up clay

• glaze

• kiln

• bisque

To scratch the clay to attach another clay to it

• score

• pinch

• wedge

To squeeze the clay together

• score

• pinch

• wedge