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    Clay is a plastic, m alleable body that's fired in a kiln to fuse together and becom e a stone-like state. It's Made from early m aterials with the aid of heat and is fired to m elt at a specific tem perature.

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    Clay is a plastic, m alleable body that's fired in a kiln to fuse together and becom e a stone-like state. It's Made from early m aterials with the aid of heat and is fired to m elt at a specific tem perature.

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    Clay is a plastic, m alleable body that's fired in a kiln to fuse together and becom e a stone-like state. It's Made from early m aterials with the aid of heat and is fired to m elt at a specific tem perature.

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    Clay Vocabulary

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    Clay is a plastic, m alleable body that's fired in a kiln to fuse together and becom e a stone-like state. It's Made from early m aterials with the aid of heat and is fired to m elt at a specific tem perature.

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    3/25/13

    Clay Vocabulary

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    Clay Vocabulary
    Please com plete the crossword puzzle below
    12 13 25 11 7 15 19

    9 18 22 8 16 10 26

    1 17

    14

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    banding wheel firing foot

    bat

    bisque

    bisque firing greenware slab slip

    centering kiln

    ceram ics

    clay

    coiling m old

    cone

    earthenware pottery

    glaze

    glaze firing score

    leather hard underglaze

    low fire wedging

    pinching

    throwing

    Horizont al: 1 . Mixture of clay and water to join clay together 3 . Scratching the surface of clay , joins pieces together 4 . Pottery fired at a low tem perature, is porous and relativ ely soft. 6 . Where a pot can be thrown or placed to dry when
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    Vert ical: 2 . Refers to any ty pe of ceram ic ware 5. Decom posed rock com bined with water to create a plastic, m alleable body , that's fired in a kiln to fuse together and becom e a stone-like state 7 . Made from early m aterials with the aid of heat
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    rem ov ed from the wheel 7 . Form ulated to m elt at a specific tem perature and are placed in the kiln to m onitor and determ ine kiln tem perature 8. Range of firing of clay s and glazes 9 . Form ing on a potter's wheel using a clay body with plastic qualities 1 4 . Using thin sheets of clay to build a structure 1 5. Firing in which glaze m aterials m elt and form a v itreous coating on clay 1 7 . Heating pottery /sculpture in a kiln or open fire to bring the clay or glaze to m aturity 2 1 . Aligning clay on a potter's wheel 2 3 . Process of firing at a low tem perature 2 4 . Inserting y our thum b in a ball of clay and _____ between y our thum b and fingers

    1 0. Unglazed ceram ic ware that has been fired to rem ov e m oisture 1 1 . Base of a piece of pottery . Left unglazed in high-fired ware; occasionally glazed in low-fire 1 2 . Form ing pottery /sculpture from rolls of clay 1 3 . Furnace/ov en built of heat resistant m aterials to fire pottery /sculpture 1 6 . Kneading clay to expel the air and rid of lum ps 1 8. Form used for support and shaping of clay 1 9 . Vitreous coating that has been m elted onto a clay surface by using heat 2 0. Unfired pottery /sculpture 2 2 . Turntable that allows y ou to spin a piece of pottery or sculpture 2 5. Special paint for clay that colors it, but is not glassy like 2 6 . Moisture has ev aporate from clay and shrinkage has just ended, clay is not totally dry

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    Clay Vocabulary

    Prov i ded By : Th eTeach ersCorn er.n et Crossword Maker

    Clay Vocabulary KEY


    Please com plete the crossword puzzle below
    12 13

    19

    g
    25

    k
    15

    o i g l i n n g e

    l a a z e e f i r i u g n d e r
    26

    i
    11

    f
    7

    l c o n e h r a m o w i

    o o
    9 18 22

    m o
    16

    g l a z e

    o
    8

    e r e i
    2 10

    a n d
    17

    f
    1

    i c

    b s l a b
    20

    a t h e g e h a t e r d i r n w a r e e
    21

    d r i

    e d n g i n g

    i p
    14

    s l

    f i n g w

    o t
    4

    q u h e c e e

    e a s
    5

    t e r y

    c o t

    24

    p i n c

    h e e l

    g
    6

    l b a y

    n w a r

    23

    b i

    u e

    n g

    Horizont al: 1 . Mixture of clay and water to join clay together (slip) 3 . Scratching the surface of clay , joins pieces together (score) 4 . Pottery fired at a low tem perature, is porous and relativ ely soft. (earthenware) 6 . Where a pot can be thrown or placed to dry when rem ov ed from the wheel (bat) 7 . Form ulated to m elt at a specific tem perature and are placed in the kiln to m onitor and determ ine kiln tem perature (cone) 8. Range of firing of clay s and glazes (low fire) 9 . Form ing on a potter's wheel using a clay body with plastic qualities (throwing)
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    Vert ical: 2 . Refers to any ty pe of ceram ic ware (pottery ) 5. Decom posed rock com bined with water to create a plastic, m alleable body , that's fired in a kiln to fuse together and becom e a stone-like state (clay ) 7 . Made from early m aterials with the aid of heat (ceram ics) 1 0. Unglazed ceram ic ware that has been fired to rem ov e m oisture (bisque) 1 1 . Base of a piece of pottery . Left unglazed in high-fired ware; occasionally glazed in low-fire (foot) 1 2 . Form ing pottery /sculpture from rolls of clay (coiling) 1 3 . Furnace/ov en built of heat resistant m aterials to fire pottery /sculpture (kiln)
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    1 4 . Using thin sheets of clay to build a structure (slab) 1 5. Firing in which glaze m aterials m elt and form a v itreous coating on clay (glaze firing) 1 7 . Heating pottery /sculpture in a kiln or open fire to bring the clay or glaze to m aturity (firing) 2 1 . Aligning clay on a potter's wheel (centering) 2 3 . Process of firing at a low tem perature (bisque firing) 2 4 . Inserting y our thum b in a ball of clay and _____ between y our thum b and fingers (pinching)

    1 6 . Kneading clay to expel the air and rid of lum ps (wedging) 1 8. Form used for support and shaping of clay (m old) 1 9 . Vitreous coating that has been m elted onto a clay surface by using heat (glaze) 2 0. Unfired pottery /sculpture (greenware) 2 2 . Turntable that allows y ou to spin a piece of pottery or sculpture (banding wheel) 2 5. Special paint for clay that colors it, but is not glassy like (underglaze) 2 6 . Moisture has ev aporate from clay and shrinkage has just ended, clay is not totally dry (leather hard)

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