Karson Hyland's vocabulary

Question 1

clay that has been watered down; acts like glue in slip/score technique

Answer 1

Slip

Question 2

to draw or make lines into clay

Answer 2

Score

Question 3

method used in hand building to connect two pieces of clay

Answer 3

Slip/Score Technique

Question 4

to remove air pockets in clay

Answer 4

wedging

Question 5

long strains of clay are played on top of each other and joined by blending from coil to coil

Answer 5

coil method

Question 6

waterproof clay with out glaze

Answer 6

stone ware

Question 7

a flattened out piece of clay

Answer 7

slab

Question 8

clay that has not been fired but is completely dry

Answer 8

bone dry

Question 9

unfired clay

Answer 9

green ware

Question 10

clay that has been fired for the first time without any glaze

Answer 10

bisque ware

Question 11

bisque that has been glazed then fired

Answer 11

glaze ware

Question 12

a knife like tool used to cut into moist and leather hard clay

Answer 12

fettling knife

Question 13

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

Answer 13

loop tool

Question 14

adding clay forms as decoration on the surface of pottery

Answer 14

springing on

Question 15

a decoration where you carve out lines or small areas in clay

Answer 15

incising

Question 16

a furnace designed for heating up clay to make it hard like stone

Answer 16

kiln

Question 17

the heating coil of an electric kiln

Answer 17

element

Question 18

the bottom of a piece that rest upon the surface

Answer 18

footing

Question 19

clay that is hardened by heating it up

Answer 19

firing

Question 20

glass forming chemicals that give a color to clay when applied

Answer 20

glaze

Question 21

liquid clay

Answer 21

slip clay

Question 22

a plastic disk or slab for clay work

Answer 22

bat

Question 23

a clay form made by mold

Answer 23

casting

Question 24

liquid clay used to form molds

Answer 24

casting slip

Question 25

white wares and porcelain and is referred to as bone china in England

Answer 25

china

Question 26

glaze or under glaze

Answer 26

conditioning coat

Question 27

a mixture of clays that is designed to softened an bend when heated up at the right temperature in a kiln

Answer 27

cone

Question 28

a small clay cone holder put inside a kiln

Answer 28

cone plaque

Question 29

the amount of time and temperature for cone clay to bend

Answer 29

cone temperature

Question 30

a low fire clay body witch is fired at aproximently 2000 degrease F

Answer 30

earthenware

Question 31

a product that is safe if it comes in contact with food or drinks

Answer 31

food safe

Question 32

the part of a ceramic piece that rest on a surface

Answer 32

foot

Question 33

a shiny, glass like finish

Answer 33

gloss

Question 34

the refractory coating applied to the top of a kiln shelf to protect them from glaze drips

Answer 34

kiln wash

Question 35

green ware that is allowed to become hard, but still look wet

Answer 35

leather hard

Question 36

a soft finish with little or no shine

Answer 36

matte

Question 37

color that does not allow color to show trough

Answer 37

opaque

Question 38

small holes in the side of a kiln used for viewing shelf cones and letting air in and out

Answer 38

peep holes

Question 39

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

Answer 39

pin holes

Question 40

the ability of clay to be formed and keep its shape

Answer 40

plasticity

Question 41

articles made of refractory material which support the kilns shelves

Answer 41

posts

Question 42

a stain like surface which has a slight sheen to it

Answer 42

semi matte

Question 43

colors which only allow usually dark colors to shine trough

Answer 43

semi opaque

Question 44

slightly colored which allows color to shine trough with slight distortion

Answer 44

semi transparent

Question 45

the cone temperature that is fired on the shelf of a kiln

Answer 45

shelf cone temperature

Question 46

a sponge used for cleaning green ware and decorating it

Answer 46

sponge

Question 47

clear base colors

Answer 47

transparent

Question 48

a glaze that is applied to green ware and usually covered with a glaze

Answer 48

under glaze

Question 49

small holes made when you puncture green ware with a needle ton when two pieces of ware are stuck together

Answer 49

vent holes

Question 50

when you pinch a hole in something and make a bowl like thing

Answer 50

pinch pots

Question 51

a brownish orange earthen ware clay body used for making sculptures

Answer 51

terra cotta

Question 52

when a piece of clay is put on a potters wheel head and spun

Answer 52

wheel thrown

Question 53

using only hands and simple tools to make clay stuff

Answer 53

hand building

Question 54

a method of shaping clay where you pinch a hole in it

Answer 54

pinch

Question 55

a technique of making ceramics where you roll out long strands of clay and join them together

Answer 55

coil

Question 56

a decoration technique where leather hard clay is coated with engobe

Answer 56

sgraffito

Question 57

a decoration technique where you brush patterns over clay, slip, or glaze

Answer 57

wax resist

Question 58

slip is used as icing on green ware

Answer 58

slip trailing

Question 59

a decoration technique pressing forms into clay

Answer 59

stamping

Question 60

a type of earthen ware

Answer 60

majolica

Question 61

method of creating a desing by folding colered clays into rods

Answer 61

mille fiore

Question 62

ceramic ware that has been fired once without glaze

Answer 62

bisque

Question 63

kiln firing with an incefitiont amount of oxygen

Answer 63

reduction

Question 64

a kiln firing with a full amount of oxygen

Answer 64

oxidation

Question 65

a method of firing potery quik at about 2000 degrees

Answer 65

raku

Question 66

the top opening of a vase

Answer 66

mouth

Question 67

the narropwer part of the vase that conects the mouth and the body

Answer 67

neck

Question 68

the main part of the vase

Answer 68

body

Question 69

the part of the vase that it sits on or meets the floor

Answer 69

foot