ceramics vocab.

Question 1

ceramic

Answer 1

having to do with clay or glass or the making of objects from caly or glass

Question 2

slip

Answer 2

clay that has been watered down acts as glue in slip or score technique . slip a fine, liquid form of clay applied to the surface of a vessel prior to firing . slip fills in pores and uniform color

Question 3

slip and score technique

Answer 3

method used in hand building to connect two pieces of clay together

Question 4

wedging

Answer 4

is process of kneding the clay so as to remove air pockets and create uniform consistency of clay

Question 5

coil method

Answer 5

one of the oldest ways of forming pottery long strands of clay wich are laid on top of each other joined through blending coil to coil . coil pieces can be almost any shape and any size

Question 6

stone ware

Answer 6

high firing clay stoneware is waterproof even without glaze the resulting ware is sturdier then earthware

Question 7

slab

Answer 7

a flattered out

Question 8

bone dry

Answer 8

clay that is completly dried but not fired

Question 9

greenware

Answer 9

a term used to describe unfired clay objects in general

Question 10

bisque ware

Answer 10

clay objects that have been fired for the first time and without any glaze

Question 11

glaze ware

Answer 11

bisque ware that has been glazed and fired

Question 12

fettling knife

Answer 12

is special knife like tool with fairly flexible blade for cutting into mopist and leather hard clay

Question 13

score

Answer 13

to draw or make lines into clay

Question 14

loop tool

Answer 14

is a special toool with a wooden handle and a wire loop at one or both ends used for carving and hollowing clay forms

Question 15

springing on

Answer 15

an term use dto describing a technique of adding snall clay form as decor ation in the surface of poettry fo0rm also called aplied decoration

Question 16

incising

Answer 16

is a decoration technique created by carving lines into the clay or carving small areas out of clay butnot perforating it

Question 17

kiln

Answer 17

furnace designed to heat clay

Question 18

element

Answer 18

the heating coils of an electric kiln

Question 19

footing

Answer 19

the bottom piece that rest upon the surface

Question 20

firning

Answer 20

clay hardened by heating it to a high tempeture

Question 21

glaze

Answer 21

glass forming chemicals ussaly with colorants added

Question 22

slip clay

Answer 22

clay in liqued form

Question 23

bat

Answer 23

a plaster disk or slab for clay work

Question 24

casting

Answer 24

a clay form made from mold

Question 25

casting slip

Answer 25

is liquid clay used in the process of forming objects with molds

Question 26

china

Answer 26

a term of clay that usally refers too bone of england

Question 27

conditioning coat

Answer 27

is thin coat of color tha will soak into greenware

Question 28

cone

Answer 28

a mixture of cerami materials

Question 29

cone plaque

Answer 29

is a smallclay cone holder use dwhen cones are placed on the shelf of the kiln to stand