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Clay that has been watered down
Slip
To draw or make lines into clay.
Score
Method used in hand building to connect two pieces of clay together.
Slip/Score Technique
Is the process of kneading the clay so as to remove air pockets and create uniform consistency of clay.
Wedging
Long strands of clay which are laid on top of each other and joined through blending coil to coil.
Coil method
High-fire clay. Stoneware is waterproof even without glaze.
Stoneware
A flattened out piece of clay.
Slab
Clay that is completely dried but not yet fried.
Bone dry
A term used to describe unfired clay objects in general.
Greenware
Clay objects that have been fired for the first time and without any glaze applied to them.
Bisque ware
Bisque ware that has been glazed then fired.
Glaze ware
Is a special knife-like tool with fairly flexible blade for cutting into moist and leather-hard clay.
Fettling knife
A special tool with a wooden handle and wire loop at one or both ends, used for carving and hollowing out clay forms.
Loop tool
A term used to describe the technique of adding small clay forms as decoration on the surface of pottery forms.
Sprigging-on
Is a decoration technique, created by carving lines into the clay or carving small areas out of the clay but not perforating it.
Incising
A furnace designed specifically for heating clay to the temperature necessary to make it permanently hard stone like.
Kiln
The heating coils an electric kiln.
Element
The bottom of a piece that rest upon a surface.
Footing
Firing has two basic atmospheres Oxidation and Reduction.
Firing
Glass-forming chemicals.
Glaze
Clay in liquid form.
Slip clay
A plaster disk or slab for clay work.
Bat
A clay form made from a mold. May also be referred to “plaster castings”.
Casting
Is liquid clay used in the process of forming object with molds, Also referred to as ‘slip’.
Casting slip
