Ceramics Vocabulary Worksheet

The art of making objects out of clay.
Clay mixed with water to make glue.
The material used to make pots.
Special paint used in ceramics.
when something is reduced in size.
Cooking the clay object in the Kiln.
pushig the clay together to get out any air bubbles.
The oven in which we fire the clay.
The first firing of the clay.
Ceramic piece that has been fired a second time with glaze on it.
Clay that is completely dry and ready for firing.
Clay we enough to be worked but firm enough to hold its shape.
Pottery technique using snakelike ropes of clay.
Pottery technique using the thumb pressed into a ball of clay.
A flat piece of clay created by rolling a roller over the clay.