Karson Hyland's vocabulary Flashcards
clay that has been watered down; acts like glue in slip/score technique
Slip
to draw or make lines into clay
Score
method used in hand building to connect two pieces of clay
Slip/Score Technique
to remove air pockets in clay
wedging
long strains of clay are played on top of each other and joined by blending from coil to coil
coil method
waterproof clay with out glaze
stone ware
a flattened out piece of clay
slab
clay that has not been fired but is completely dry
bone dry
unfired clay
green ware
clay that has been fired for the first time without any glaze
bisque ware
bisque that has been glazed then fired
glaze ware
a knife like tool used to cut into moist and leather hard clay
fettling knife
a tool with a wooden handle or wire loop at one or both ends, used for carving and hollowing out clay forms
loop tool
adding clay forms as decoration on the surface of pottery
springing on
a decoration where you carve out lines or small areas in clay
incising
a furnace designed for heating up clay to make it hard like stone
kiln
the heating coil of an electric kiln
element
the bottom of a piece that rest upon the surface
footing
clay that is hardened by heating it up
firing
glass forming chemicals that give a color to clay when applied
glaze
liquid clay
slip clay
a plastic disk or slab for clay work
bat
a clay form made by mold
casting
liquid clay used to form molds
casting slip
white wares and porcelain and is referred to as bone china in England
china
glaze or under glaze
conditioning coat
a mixture of clays that is designed to softened an bend when heated up at the right temperature in a kiln
cone