Clay Vocabulary

How do you connect two pieces of clay?

• Just stick it together

• Slip and Score

• Slap them together

• There is no point in putting clay together

The machine that heats the clay is called the...

• Oven
• Kiln
• Fire Pit

• Pugmill

Machine used to mix clay and remove air bubbles.

• Mixer

• Extruder

• Kiln

• Pugmill

an earthy material that is plastic when moist but hard when fired, that is composed mainly of fine particles of hydrous aluminum silicates and other minerals, and that is used for brick, tile, and pottery

• Clay

• Ceramic

• Score

• Slip

Roughing up the surface of clay to connect it. “Velcoro”

• Slip
• Score
• Fire

• Coil

Shrinkage: What percent of the original size is clay after the drying and firing processes are complete?

• 50%

• 90%

• 20%

• 70%

Rolling clay flat with a rolling pin and paint sticks.

• Coil

• Slab

• Mishima

• Pinch Pot

The kiln reaches temperature up to how many degrees Fahrenheit?

• 100 - 200 degrees

• 500 - 1,000 degrees

• 1,800 - 2,400 degrees

• 5,000 - 6,000 degrees

Knead clay like dough to remove air bubbles. 

Helps mix clay to an even consistency. 

Helps dry too wet clay.

• Wedge

• Mix

• Knead

• Smoosh

A glasslike coating which has been fused to a ceramic piece through firing.

• Glue

• Glaze

• Glass

• Paint