Vocabulary!

Question 1

what is ceramic?

Answer 1

Having to do with clay or glass or the making of objects from clay or glass.

Question 2

what is slip?

Answer 2

clay that has been watered down; acts as glue in slip/score technicque.slip a fine, liquid form of clay applied to the surface of a vessel prior to firing. slip fiils in pores and gives uniform color.

Question 3

what is score?

Answer 3

to draw or make lines into clay.

Question 4

what is slip/score technique?

Answer 4

method used in hand buuilding to combine two pieces of clay.

Question 5

what is wedging?

Answer 5

process of removing air pockets from the clay.

Question 6

what is coil method?

Answer 6

long strands of coil that are laid on each other and joined throgh blending coil to coil.

Question 7

what is stoneware?

Answer 7

high-fire clay and is also waterproof without glaze.

Question 8

what is slab?

Answer 8

a flattened out peice of clay.

Question 9

what is bone dry?

Answer 9

the last stage of dryness that is the driest part of the stages.

Question 10

what is greenware?

Answer 10

unfired clay objects

Question 11

what is bisque ware?

Answer 11

caly objects that has been fired for the first time without any glaze applied to them.

Question 12

what is glaze ware?

Answer 12

bisque ware that has been glazed then fired.

Question 13

what is a fettling knife?

Answer 13

for cutting into moista nd leather hard clay.

Question 14

what is sprigging-on?

Answer 14

adding small clay to form decoration on the clay.

Question 15

what is the loop tool?

Answer 15

used for hollowing out clay forms.

Question 16

what is incising?

Answer 16

carving out small lines in the clay.

Question 17

what is a kiln?

Answer 17

a furnace designed to heat up the clay to the tempature necessary to make it permantly hard.

Question 18

what is a element?

Answer 18

the heating of coils of an electric kiln.

Question 19

what is footing?

Answer 19

the bottom of a piece that rests on a surface.

Question 20

what is firing?

Answer 20

clay is hardened by heating it up to high tempature.

Question 21

what is glaze?

Answer 21

glass-forming materials, usually with colorants added.

Question 22

whar is slip clay?

Answer 22

clay in a liquid form.

Question 23

what is a bat?

Answer 23

a plaster disk or slab for clay work.

Question 24

what is casting?

Answer 24

a clay form made from a mold.

Question 25

what is casting slip?

Answer 25

a liquid clay used in the process of forming objects with mold.

Question 26

what is china?

Answer 26

a term which usally refers to the bone china of england.

Question 27

what is conditining coat?

Answer 27

a thin coat of color that will soak into the greenware or bisqueware.

Question 28

what is cone?

Answer 28

a mixture of ceramic materials that is designed to soften and bend when the proper mixture of time and tempature.

Question 29

what s cone plaque?

Answer 29

small claycone holder used whencones are placed on the shelf of the kiln stand.

Question 30

what is cone tempature?

Answer 30

the mixture of time and tempature that will show on the kilns tempature.

Question 31

what is earthernware?

Answer 31

a low-fire clay body which is fired to reach 2000 oF.

Question 32

what is food-safe?

Answer 32

safe for use on surfaces which come in contact with food or drink.

Question 33

what is the foot?

Answer 33

the base or part where the ceramic rests upon.

Question 34

what is gloss?

Answer 34

a shiny glass like finish.

Question 35

what is kiln wash?

Answer 35

refractory coating applied