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4.1 pottery

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Pots, dishes, and other articles made of fired clay. Pottery can be broadly divided into earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware.

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4.2 plastic

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This term refers to clay that is mouldable and can be easily shaped.

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4.3 slip

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Clay that has water added to it. It can be used to join clay together.

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4.4 bisque

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Clay that has been fired in the kiln and is ready to be painted or glazed.

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4.5 leather-hard

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Clay that is in the process of becoming dry. Clay in this state hold its own and is great for slab building.

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4.6 bone dry

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Clay that is extremely dry and is in its most fragile state. It can be broken easily and it is ready to be fired.

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4.7 slip and score

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The only way to attach 2 pieces of clay together.

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4.8 bas-relief

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A term used to describe something sticking out from a surface.

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4.9 kiln

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A furnace or oven for burning, baking or drying pottery.

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4.10 Sprigging

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A way of applying low-relief decorative shapes to a pot

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4.11 score

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The process of making marks such as hatching lines into the clay surface.

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What are the 4 stages to join clay?

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Score, Slip, Stick, Smooth

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What are the 6 stages of clay?

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Slip, Plastic, Leather Hard, Bone Dry, Bisqueware, Glazeware