Ceramics Vocab Practice

What is wedging?

• filling in a space

• kneading clay to remove air bubbles

• Eating a slice of cheese

• Eating a slice of fruit

What is a slab?

• a piece of clay

• a flat surface

• a rack of clay

• evenly rolled sheet of clay

What is a coil?

• a metal piece

• clay rolled into a snake shape

• clay rolled as thick as your pointer finger

• curly hair

What does it mean to score clay?

• Scratch the surface that you want to attach

• Count how many pieces of clay you have

• Keep track of how many coils you make

• Rolling the clay into a flat shape

What is a slip?

• It is used after scoring to attach pieces together.

• Clay and water mixed together.

• When the surface is wet and you fall

• It is used as pottery glue.

What is greenware?

• Bone Dry

• Leatherhard

• Clay before it is fired.

• Plastic Clay

What is bisqueware?

• Clay that is still workable.

• Clay in greenware stage.

• Clay that is glazed.

• Clay that has gone through the first firing.

What is glazeware?

• Clay has been fired twice.

• Clay that is plastic.

• Clay after the first firing.

• Clay that is rolled into a flat shape.

What is a kiln?

• Goes up to 2,000 degrees.

• Clay in the greenware stage.

• Machine used to fire clay.

• Clay in the bisqueware stage.