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Steps For Potter's Wheel Flashcards

0
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Wedging result

A

Air bubbles removed

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Wedging action

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Kneading the clay

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Centering action

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Coning the clay up and down

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Centering result

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To force the clay into the center of the wheel

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Opening action

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Pressing on the top center of the clay

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Opening result

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To create the mouth of the pot

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Checking the foot action

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Poke a needle tool through the floor of the pot

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Checking the foot result

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To measure the thickness of the bottom of the pot

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Dragging the floor action

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Press down and flatten out the bottom inside or the pot

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Dragging the floor result

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To widen and flatten the bottom inside of the pot

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Pulling the wall action

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Pushing in and lifting up the sides of the clay

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Pulling the wall result

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To make the cylinder thinner and taller

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Shaping action

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Choking in or pulling out

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13
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Shaping result

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To give the pot form

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Trimming and tooling action

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Using the loop trimmer

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15
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Trimming and tooling result

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To remove excess clay from the pot

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16
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Wedging table

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A porus where we wedge

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17
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Kiln room

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Room with the kiln

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Kiln

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High temp oven for clay

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Pyrometer

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High temp thermometer

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20
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Pyrometric cone

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Way to measure the temp of the clay

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21
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Kiln furniture

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Trays in the firing kiln that are high temp resistant

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22
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Kiln shelves

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Platform in which we load our ceramics

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Kiln posts

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hold up shelves

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Kiln wash

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The coating on shelves to protect them from glaze

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25
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Terracotta

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Iron rich clay full of grog that is good for sculptures

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Porcelain

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Translucent clay with no grog, found below mountains

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Stoneware

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Utilitarian clay; that can be used daily, high in grog

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28
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Clay body

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New clay from the barrel or from the box (75% clay 25% water)

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Greenware

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Clay that has been worked on

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30
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Leather hard

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Clay that holds it’s shape

When you want to slip and score

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31
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Bone dry

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Fragile ready to fire clay (5% water)

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32
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Firing

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Heat treating at 10000 degrees for several hours

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33
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Bisque firing

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First fire- turns the clay into stone

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34
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Bisqueware

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Project after the first firing; it is ready for glazing

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35
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Glaze firing

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2nd firing melts the glaze on to the surface of the clay

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36
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Glazeware

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Ceramics after the second firing

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37
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Engobes

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Colored slips- natural colors

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38
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Sgraffito

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Scraping through paint to reveal the clay surface below

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39
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Glaze

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Vitreous coating used in fired clay

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40
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Clear/transparent

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Milky before firing

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41
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Matte

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Not glossy

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42
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Luster

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Mirror-like gloss glaze

43
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Crackle

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Cracking in the glaze

44
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Crawling

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Glaze doesn’t stick

45
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Celadon

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Clean light green glaze

46
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Opaque

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Can not see through

47
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Translucent

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Can see light through it

48
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Bamboo brush

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Soft bristle brush used for glazing

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Needle tool

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Used for scoring, incising, and cutting through small pieces of clay

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Settling knife

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Dull knife that cuts slabs of clay

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Wire tool

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Used for cutting masses of clay or under pots

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Loop trimmer

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Used for trimming the foot of the pot, carving excess clay, and hollowing out a pinch pot

53
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Potters sponge

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Round sponge used for adding/ removing water from a project

54
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Rib tool

A

used for shaping on the wheel or smoothing/sculpting clay

55
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Turntable

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Spins and is used for banding and modeling clay

56
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Calipers

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Used to measure the lip of a pot to make a lid that fits

57
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Pot lift

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Used to remove a pot from the wheel head

58
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Modeling tool

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Double ended tools used for texture and clean up

59
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Clay shaper

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Clay eraser (as teacher to use)

60
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Dental pick

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Used as modeling tool

61
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Hump mould

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A rounded out surface we drape clay over to creat a form

62
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Convex

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Rounded out

63
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Press mould

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A rounded in surface we press our clay into to create a form

64
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Concave

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Rounded in

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Rolling pin

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Flattening tool used for rolling out slabs of clay

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Carving

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Cutting away from your work

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Incising

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Drawing on clay with a needle tool

68
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Piercing

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poking through with a needle

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Banding

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Striping with wheel or turn table

70
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Template

A

Create a paper pattern

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Sponging

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Glazing technique

72
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Stamping

A

Textures on clay and glazing

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Splattering

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Glazing

74
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Decal

A

High fire sticker

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Dipping

A

Glaze

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Pouring

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Fill pot with glaze then spread around

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Slab build

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Rolling out sheets if clay and then attaching them to the pot

78
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Coil built

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Rolling out snakes of clay and then attaching them

79
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Pinch pot

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Sculpture created with a hollow ball and added forms

80
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Slip

A

Liquid clay 50% water 50% clay

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scoring

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Scratching deeply on the surface of your clay to create grooves for your slip

82
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Joining

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Attaching clay by slipping and scoring

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Modeling

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Making a project look like something

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Sculpting

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Carving away to reveal form

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Flux

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A silicate that creates the smooth glassy finish

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Grog

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Hard gritty substance that increases stability and texture

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Lip

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Top rim of the pot

88
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Wall

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The sides of the pot

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Floor

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Bottom inside of the pot

90
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Foot

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Bottom outside of the pot

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Potters wheel

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Machine that spins your clay into a pot

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Wheel head

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The surface of the wheel that spins

93
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Bat pins

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Hold the bats on

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Pedal

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Regulates the speed of the wheel

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Splash pan

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Protects your legs from splattering water

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Bat

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Flat disc on which you throw your clay so you can remove it from the wheel

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Underglaze

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Matte paint added before glazing

98
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Oxide

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Ground mineral color containing oxygen

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Rutile

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Sandy gold

100
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Cobalt

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Dark blue

101
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Copper carbonate

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Green oxide

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Red iron

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Rust oxide

103
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Black iron

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Black

104
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Zinc

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White

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