vocabuary

Question 1

ceramics

Answer 1

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

Question 2

slip

Answer 2

A suspension of clay or glaze materials in water.

Question 3

slip/score technique

Answer 3

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

Question 4

wedging

Answer 4

Mixing and de-airing clay by cutting it diagonally and slamming the pieces together.

Question 5

coil medthod

Answer 5

Rope-like roll of clay used in hand building.

Question 6

stoneware

Answer 6

A grey to buff, nontranslucent clay body which matures between 6 and 10 cones.

Question 7

slab

Answer 7

A hand-building method in which forms are created by joining flat pieces of clay. The pieces are thinned and flattened with a rolling pin or a slab

Question 8

bone dry

Answer 8

clay that is completely dried but not yet fired

Question 9

greenware

Answer 9

a term used to describe unfired clay objects in general

Question 10

bisque ware

Answer 10

clay objects that have been fired for the first time and without any glaze applied to them

Question 11

glaze ware

Answer 11

bisque ware that has been glazed then fired

Question 12

fettling knife

Answer 12

is a special knife-like tool with a fiarly flexible blade for cutting into moist and leather-hard clay

Question 13

loop tool

Answer 13

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

Question 14

sprigging-on

Answer 14

a term used to describe the technique of adding small clay forms ;also called applied decoration

Question 15

incising

Answer 15

Engraving a decoration into unfired clay

Question 16

kiln

Answer 16

A furnace for firing ceramic products

Question 17

element

Answer 17

High resistance wire coils or bars used as the heat source in an electric kiln.

Question 18

footing

Answer 18

The base of a ceramic piece.

Question 19

firing

Answer 19

The heating of clay or glaze to a specific temperature.

Question 20

glaze

Answer 20

A glass-like coating fusion bonded to a ceramic surface by heat.

Question 21

slip clay

Answer 21

clay in liquid form

Question 22

bat

Answer 22

a plaster disk or slab for clay work

Question 23

casting

Answer 23

A process of forming a clay object bypouring clay slip into a hollow plaster mold.

Question 24

casting slip

Answer 24

process of forming a clay object by pouring clay slip into a hollow plaster mold.

Question 25

china

Answer 25

Whiteware clay bodies glazed at a lower temperature than that at which they are bisqued.

Question 26

conditioning coat

Answer 26

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

Question 27

cone

Answer 27

small triangular pyramid made of ceramic materials that are compounded to bend and melt at specific temperatures. The cone serves as a time-temperature indicator of heat work in a kiln.

Question 28

cone plaque

Answer 28

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

Question 29

cone tempurature

Answer 29

is the mixture of tim and tempurature at which the cone will bend to show the kilns tempurature on the shelf

Question 30

earthenware

Answer 30

a low-fire clay body which is fired to maturify to approx 2000 of.

Question 31

food safe

Answer 31

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

Question 32

foot

Answer 32

the base or the part of the peice of ceramic on which it rests

Question 33

gloss

Answer 33

a shiny glass like finish

Question 34

kiln wash

Answer 34

the refractory coasting applied to the top of the kiln shelves to protect them from glaze drips

Question 35

leather hard

Answer 35

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

Question 36

matte

Answer 36

a soft finish with little or no shine

Question 37

opaque

Answer 37

color which does not allow other colors to show through