Ceramics vocabulary Crossword

a revolving wheel head which sits on a pedestal base. It is turned by hand and used for finishing and decorating pottery
pottery which has been fired once to a temperature before vitrification
completely air dried
technique to move the clay in to a symmetrical rotating axis in the middle of a wheel head so you can throw it.
alumina+silica+water
a piece of clay rolled like a rope, used in making pottery
pots that were thrown or hand built in separate pieces and then assembled
the cracking of a glaze on a fired pot. It is the result of the glaze shrinking more than the clay body in the cooling process
to keep the foot or bottom of the pot free from glaze by waxing or removing the glaze
a low fired clay body. Available in red or white
to heat a clay object in a kiln to a specific temperature
pottery pieces that are made for a purpose, such as coffee mugs, teapots, etc
a thin coating of glass. An impervious silicate coating, which is developed in clay ware by the fusion under heat of inorganic materials
un fired pottery ready to be bisque fired
when a design has been scratched or impressed into the surface of a ceramic form it can be filled with slip. When the slip is dried the majority of it can be removed, revealing the slip inlaid into the design
the technique of using a tool to remove clay from the surface of a ceramic form to create a decoration
a furnace lined with clay bricks for firing pottery and fusing glass
Stage of the clay between plastic and bone dry. Clay is still damp enough to join it to other pieces using slip.
a plaster shape designed to pour slip cast into and let dry so the shape comes out as an exact replica of the mould
pottery is purely decorative/ and or sculptural
the quality of clay which allows it to be manipulated into different shapes without cracking or breaking
a device with either a manual foot powered or an electric rotating wheel used to sit at and make pottery forms
the technique of scratching away a coloured slip to reveal the clay underneath its surface
a method of decorating ceramic articles in which the decoration is applied to the surface before it is glazed
a method of kneading clay to make it pliable and eliminate air trapped in layers of the clay