Ceramic Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
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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.
