Ceramic Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• wire cutter: tool used to cut clay from the block.
• pottery wheel: spinning device for shaping clay
• bisqueware: clay that has been fired once and ready to glaze.
• wedge: kneeding the clay to remove air pockets
• slab roller: flat sheets of clay are made with this machine.
• clay: material made of decomposed rock and water found in the earth.
• needle tool: a long thin metal tool for detail carving, writing, or scoring clay
• slip: watered down clay used to joining pieces of clay. (water can be used for this.)
• greenware: clay that has never been fired in a kiln.
• kiln: oven for firing ceramics
• fire: process of heating clay or turning on the kiln.
• hand building: methos of shaping clay with small tools and your hands.
• mold: pressing clay into a form to take the shape of the form.
• score: crosshatching scratch marks used to rough up the clay when joining pieces together.