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Ceramic Vocabulary Flashcards

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Handbuilding

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One of several techniques of building pots using only the hands and simple tools rather than the potters wheel

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Throwing

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Creating pottery using the potters wheel

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Pinch

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Method of shaping clay by inserting the thumb of one hand into the clay and lightly pinching with the thumb and fingers while slowly rotating the ball in the palm of the other hand, pots made like this are called pinch pots

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Coil

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Technique of building ceramic forms by rolling out coils, or ropes of clay and joining them together with the fingers or a tool

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Molding

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Technique, flat slabs of clay are pressed into molds in order to create various shapes or forms

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Slip

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Liquid clay, the easiest way to make it is to gradually sift or spoon dry, powder clay into a small cup of water

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Score and Slip

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Method of joining two pieces of clay together, first score the clay (make scratches in the surface that will be sticking together) then you wet the surface, then you put the pieces together

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Stages of dryness

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Wet, leather hard and bone dry

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Sgraffito

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Decorating technique developed centuries ago, leather hard clay is coated with an engobe or slip of contrasting color and then a pattern or picture is added b to reveal the clay underneathy carving

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Wax Resist

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Decorative technique, patterns or designs created by brushing a wax medium over an area of clay, slip, or glaze to resist the final glaze application when the wax is dry

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Slip Trailing

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Decorative method. Slip is applied to the green ware through a tube or nozzle, much like icing a cake

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Stamping

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Technique of pressing forms of clay to get decorative effects

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Majolica

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Firing a piece of earth ware, then applying a thin enamel that upon drying forms a white opaque porous surface, a design is then painted and a transparent glaze applied, then the piece is fired again. Produced in ancient middle east by Babylonians

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Mille Fiore

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Method of creating designs by folding different colored clays together into rods or bars, then slicing them, this duplicates a design over and over for each slice

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Firing

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Heating the pottery to a specific temperature in order to bring about a particular change in the clay or the surface

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Bisque

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Ceramic ware that has been fired once without glaze

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Green ware

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Ceramic that has not been fired

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Glaze

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A glass-like surface coating for ceramics that is used to decorate and seal the pores of the fired clay

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Reduction

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A kiln firing in which there is insufficient oxygen to consume the free carbon emanating from the heated glaze and clay, resulting in the formation of carbon monoxide. Oxygen-starved carbon monoxide pulls oxygen from the clay body and glaze, forming color changes in the coloring oxides

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Oxidation

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A kiln firing with a supply full of oxygen (opposed to a reduction firing)

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Raku

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Method of firing pottery that takes a ceramic piece in its raw state, green ware and quickly (45-60 min) takes the temperature to almost 2000 degrees

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Mouth

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The opening top of a vase

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Neck

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The usually narrower part that leads from the mouth to the body

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Body

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Main part of the vase

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Foot

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Part of the vase that meets the floor

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Ceramic

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Having to do with clay or glass or the making of objects from said materials

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Slip

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Clay that has been watered down: acts as glue in slip/core technique

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Score

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To draw or make lines into clay

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Slip/Score Technique

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

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Wedging

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

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Coil Method

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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 shape and any size

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Stoneware

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High-fire clay, waterproof even without glaze; the resulting ware is sturdier than earthenware

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Slab

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Flattened out piece of clay; you may use a rolling pin or slab roller t achieve a slab of clay, cut to shape and joined together using scoring and slip

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Bone Dry

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Clay that is completely dried but not yet fired

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Green Ware

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Unfired clay objects

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Bisque Ware

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Clay objects that have been fired for the first time and without any glaze

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Glaze Ware

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Bisque ware that has been glazed then fired

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Fettling knife

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Special knife-like tool with a flexible blade

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Loop Tool

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

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Sprigging-on

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Technique of adding small clay forms as decoration on the surface of pottery forms: also called applied decoration

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Incising

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Decoration technique, created by carving lines into the clay or carving small areas out of the clay but not perforating it

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Kiln

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Furnace designed for heating clay, it can be electric, natural gas, wood, coal, fuel, oil or propane

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Element

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Heating coils of an electric kiln (tired or burned out elements refer to elements which carry too little or no electrical current for producing heat)

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Footing

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The bottom of a piece that rests upon a surface, there are two kinds: raised and flush

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Firing

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Clay is hardened by heating

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Glaze

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Glass-forming chemicals, usually with colorants added, that applied in liquid form to bisque ware and fired in a kiln form a coating to the surface of the clay

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Slip Clay

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Liquid clay

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Bat

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Plaster disk or slab for clay work

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Casting

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A clay form made from a mold

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Casting Slip

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Is liquid clay used in the process of forming objects with molds

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China

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Usually refers to the bone china of England, but is also associated with vitreous white wares and porcelain

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Conditioning Coat (Glaze or Under glaze)

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Thin coat of color that will soak into the green ware o bisque ware

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Cone

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Mixture of ceramic materials that is designed to soften and bend when he proper mixture of time and temperature is reached in the interior of the kiln

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Cone Plaque

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A small clay cone holder used when cones are placed on the shelf of the kiln to stand

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Cone Temperature

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Mixture of time and temperature at which the cone will bend to show the kiln’s temperature on the shelf

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Earthenware

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Low-fire clay body which is fired to maturity at approx. 2000oF

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Food-safe

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Product that has been tested and determined to be safe for use on surfaces which come in contact with food or drink

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Gloss

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Shiny glass-like finish

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Kiln Wash

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Refractory coating applied to the top of the kiln shelves to protect them from glaze drips

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Leather-hard

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Green ware that is allowed to become firm but still retains its wet look

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Matte

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A soft finish with little or no shine

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Opaque

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Color which does not allow other colors to show through

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Peep Holes

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Small holes in the side of a kiln used for viewing shelf cones and ventilating the kiln during firing

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Pin Holes

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Tiny holes in the final surface finish of a glaze or under glaze

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Plasticity

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Ability of clay to be formed into a shape and retain it

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Posts

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Articles made of refractory material which support kiln shelves during firing

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Semi-Matte

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Satin like surface which has a slight sheen to it

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Semi-Opaque

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Colors which generally allow only dark colors to show through

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Semi-Transparent

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Slightly colored and/or speckled colors which allow most colors to show through with only slight distortions

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Shelf Cone Temperature

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The cone temperature that is fired on the slef of a kiln

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Sponge

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Natueal sponge used for cleaning and decorating greenware

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Transparent

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Clear base colors which are free from cloudiness or distortion

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Vent Holes

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Small holes made by puncturing the wet green-ware with a needle tool when two pieces of ware have been attached

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Pinch Pots

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Pots made by pinching

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Terra Cota

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Brownish-orange earthenware clay body commonly used for ceramic sculpture

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Wheel thrown

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Meaning spin (Old English), clay placed on a potter’s wheel head which spins

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