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

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

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

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.

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

The Three Stages of Clay:

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

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

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