Vocabulary 1 Flashcards
Ceramic
Having to do with clay or glass or the making of objects from clay or glass.
Slip
Clay that has been watered down; acts as glue in slip/score technique. Slip a fine, liquid form of clay applied to the surface of a vessel prior to firing. Slip fills in pores and gives uniform color.
Score
to draw or make lined into clay.
Slip/score technique
method used in hand building to connect two pieces of clay together.
Wedging
is the processes of kneading the clay so as to remove air pockets and created an uniform consistency of clay.
Coil method
long strands of clay which are laid on top of each other and joined through blending coil to coil. Coil pieces can be almost any shape and size.
Stoneware
high-fired clay. Stoneware is waterproof even without glaze;the resulting ware is sturdier than earth ware.
Slab
a flattened out piece of clay.
Bone dry
clay that is completely dry but not yet fired.
Greenware
a term used to describe unfired clay objects in general.
Bisque ware
Clay objects that have been fired for the first time and without any glaze applied to them.
Glaze ware
Bisque ware that has been glazed then fired.
Fettling knife
is a special tool with a wooden handle and a wire loop with a fairly flexible blade for cutting into moist and leather-hard clay.
Loop tool
a special tool with a wooden handle and a wire loop an one or both eds, used for carving and hallowing out clay forms.
Sprigging-on
a term used to describe the technique of adding small clay forms as decoration the surface of pottery forms; also called applied decoration.
Incising
is a decoration technique, created by carving lines into the clay or carving small areas out of the clay but not perforating it.
Kiln
a furnace designed specifically for heating clay to the temperatures necessary to make it permanently hard and stone like.
Element
the heating coils of an electric kiln.
Footing
the bottom of a piece that rest upon a surface.
Firing
clay is hardened by heating it to a high temperature, fusing the clay particles.
