ceramic voc.

Question 1

cermic

Answer 1

having to do with ckay or glass or the making of objects from clay or glass.

Question 2

slip

Answer 2

clay that has beenwatered down; acts as glue in slip/score technnique. slip a fin,liquid form of clay applied to the surface of a vessel prior to firing. slip fills in pores and gives uniform color

Question 3

score

Answer 3

to draw or make lines into clay

Question 4

slip/score technique

Answer 4

method used in hand building to connect two pieces of clay together

Question 5

wedging

Answer 5

is the process of kneading the clay so as to remove air pockets and create uniform consistency of clay

Question 6

coil method

Answer 6

one of the oldest ways of forming pottery. long strands of clay which are laid on top of each other and joined through blending coil to coil. coil pieces can be almost any shpae any size

Question 7

stoneware

Answer 7

high-fire clay. stoneware is waterproof even without glaze; the resulting ware is sturdier than earthenware

Question 8

slab

Answer 8

a flattend out piece of clay; you may use a rolling pin or slab roller toachieve a slab of clay. clay slabs are cut to shape and joined together using scoring and wet clay called slip.slabs can be draped over or into forms, rolled around cylinder or built-up into geometric forms.large forms are difficult beacuse of stresses on the seams and beacuse the slab naturally sags. some potters get around this by working fibers into the clay body. the fibers burn out during the firing, leaving a net work of tiny holes

Question 9

Bone Dry

Answer 9

The condition of unfired clay that has no absorbed moisture other than natural humidity.

Question 10

Greenware

Answer 10

Unfired clay objects

Question 11

bisque ware

Answer 11

clay objects that have been fired for the first time and without any glaze applied to them

Question 12

glaze ware

Answer 12

bisque ware that has been glazed then fired

Question 13

fettling knife

Answer 13

is a special knife-like tool with fairly flexible blade for cutting into moist and leather-hard clay

Question 14

loop tool

Answer 14

a specail tool with wooden handle and a wire loop at one or both ends, used for carving and hollowing out of clay forms

Question 15

sprigging-on

Answer 15

a term used to descride the technique of adding small clay forms as decoration in the surfaceof pottery forms; also called applied decoratin

Question 16

incising

Answer 16

is a decoration technique, created by carving lines into the clay or carving small ares out of the clay but not perforating it

Question 17

kiln

Answer 17

a furnace desighned specifically for heating clay to the temperatures neccessary to make it permanently hard and stone like