Vocabualary

Question 1

ceramic

Answer 1

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

Question 2

slip

Answer 2

clay that has been watered down

Question 3

score

Answer 3

to draw or make lines into clay

Question 4

stoneware

Answer 4

high fired clay; stoneware is waterproof without glaze

Question 5

bone dry

Answer 5

clay that is completly dried but not yet fired

Question 6

green ware

Answer 6

A term to used to describe unfired clay in general

Question 7

glaze ware

Answer 7

bisque ware that has been fired

Question 8

fetttling knife

Answer 8

a special knife like tool with a fairly flexible blade

Question 9

loop tool

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Sprigging-on

Answer 10

a term used to descibe the technique of adding small clay forms as decoration on surface of pottery forms; applied decoration

Question 11

Slip/Score technique

Answer 11

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

Question 12

wedging

Answer 12

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

Question 13

SLAB

Answer 13

a flattend out piece of clay

Question 14

coil method

Answer 14

one of the oldest way of pottery. Long strands of clay which are laid on top of each other and joined through blending coil to coil

Question 15

bisque ware

Answer 15

clay objects that have been fired for the first tie without any glaze

Question 16

incising

Answer 16

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

Question 17

kiln

Answer 17

a furnace designed specifically for heating clay to the temperatures nessarary to make it permanently hard stone like.

Question 18

element

Answer 18

the heating coils of an electric kiln

Question 19

Footing

Answer 19

the bottom of a piece that rest upon a surface. there are two kinds: raised and flushed

Question 20

firing

Answer 20

clay is hardened by heating it to a high temperature

Question 21

glaze

Answer 21

glass-forming chemicals, ususally with colarants added, that applied in liquid form to bisque ware and fired in a kiln

Question 22

slip clay

Answer 22

clay in liquid form

Question 23

bat

Answer 23

a plaster disk or slab for clay work

Question 24

casting

Answer 24

a clay for made from a mold

Question 25

casting slip

Answer 25

liquid clay used in the process of forming objects with molds

Question 26

china

Answer 26

a term which isisally refers to the bone china of england, but is also associated with vortreous whit wares and porcelain

Question 27

conditioning coat

Answer 27

a thin coat of color that will soak into greenware or bisque ware

Question 28

cone

Answer 28

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

Question 29

cone plaque

Answer 29

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

Question 30

cone temperature

Answer 30

the mixture of time and temperature at which the cone will bend to show the kilns temperature on the shelf

Question 31

earthenware

Answer 31

a low-fired clay body which is fired to maturity at approx. 2000 oF

Question 32

food-safe

Answer 32

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

Question 33

foot

Answer 33

the base or the part of the piece of ceramic on which it resets

Question 34

gloss

Answer 34

a shing, glass like finish

Question 35

kiln wash

Answer 35

the refractory coating applied to the top of the kiln selves to protect them form glaze drips

Question 36

leather-hard

Answer 36

greenware that is allowed to become form but still retains its wet look

Question 37

matte

Answer 37

a soft finish with little or no shine

Question 38

opaque

Answer 38

color which does not allow other colors to show through

Question 39

peep holes

Answer 39

small holes in the side of a kiln used for veiwing shelf cones and ventilating the kiln during the firing process

Question 40

pin holes

Answer 40

tiny holes in the surface finish of a glze or underglaze

Question 41

plasticity

Answer 41

refers to the ability of clay to be formed into shape and retain it

Question 42

posts

Answer 42

articles made of refractory materail which support kiln shelves during firing

Question 43

semi-matte

Answer 43

a satin like surface which jhas a slight sheen to it

Question 44

semi-transparent

Answer 44

colors which generally allow only dark colors to show through

Question 45

transparent

Answer 45

clear base colors which are free from cloudiness or distoration

Question 46

shelf cone temperature

Answer 46

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

Question 47

sponge

Answer 47

ususally refers to a natural sponge used for cleaning and decoration greenware.

Question 48

underglaze

Answer 48

a color which is usually applied to geenware and in most cases is covered with a glaze

Question 49

vent holes

Answer 49

small holes made by puncturing the wet geenware and with a needle tool when two pieces of ware have been attached

Question 50

pinch pots

Answer 50

starting with a ball of clay the potter opens a hole into the ball and forms a bowl shape through a combination of stroking and piniching the clay

Question 51

terra cotta

Answer 51

a brownish-orange earthenware clay body comonly used for ceramic structure

Question 52

wheel thrown

Answer 52

a peice of clay is placed on a potter’s wheel head which spins