Pottery Terms Crossword

a flat disc made out of plaster, wood, or plastic which is affixed to the wheel head with clay or pins. Are used to throw pieces on that would be difficult to lift off the wheel head.
Pottery which has been fired once, without glaze, to a temperature just before vitrification
First Firing, without glaze.
Completely air dried
Alumina + Silica + Water.
A mixture of different types of clays and minerals for a specific ceramic purpose.
A piece of clay rolled like a rope, used in making pottery
Pushing the clay down and together, forcing the particles of clay closer.
A pyramid composed of clay and glaze, made to melt and bend at a specific temperatures. It is used in a kiln to determine the end of a firing or in some electric kilns it shuts off a kiln setter.
The cracking of a glaze on a fired pot. it is the result of the glaze shrinking more than the clay body in cooling process.
To keep the foot or bottom of a pot free from glaze by waxing or removing the glaze.
A low fired clay body. Glazed pottery is fired to a temperature of 1,830 - 2,010 degrees Farenheit.
To heat a clay object in a kiln to a specific temperature.
An insulation brick used to hold the heat in the kiln and withstand high temperatures.
The range of temperature at which a clay becomes mature or a glaze melts.
Base of a ceramic form.
A glaze material which is derived from flux and silica whcih are melted together and reground into a fine powder.
A thin coating of glass. An impervious silicate coating, which is developed in clay ware by the fusion under heat of inorganic materials.
The final firing, with glaze.
A shiny reflective gloss.
Unfired pottery. Ready to be bisque fired.
Fired clay ground to various mesh sizes.
A furnace of refactory clay bricks for firing pottery and for fusing glass.
Refactory posts and shelves used for stacking pottery in the kiln for firing.