vocabulary

Question 1

having to do with clay or glass or the making of ojects from clay or glass.

Answer 1

ceramic

Question 2

clay that has been watered down

Answer 2

slip

Question 3

to draw or make an outline into clay.

Answer 3

score

Question 4

method used in hand buliding to connect two pieces of claytogether.

Answer 4

slip/score

Question 5

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

Answer 5

wedging

Question 6

one of the oldest ways of forming pottery.

Answer 6

coil method

Question 7

high fired clay and is waterpoof without the glaze.

Answer 7

stone ware

Question 8

a flatten out piece of clay.

Answer 8

slab

Question 9

clay that is completely dried but not yet fired.

Answer 9

bone dry

Question 10

a term used to describe unfired clay objects in general.

Answer 10

green ware

Question 11

clay objects that have been fired for the fist and without any glaze applied to them.

Answer 11

BISQUE WARE

Question 12

bisque ware that has been glazed then fired

Answer 12

glaze ware

Question 13

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

Answer 13

fettling knife

Question 14

a special tool with a wooden handle and a wire loop at one or both ends,used for carving and hollowing out clay forms

Answer 14

loop tool

Question 15

a term used to describe the techique of adding small clay forms as decoration on the surface of pottery forms

Answer 15

springging on

Question 16

is a decoration techinque created by carving lines into the clay or carving small areas out of the clay but not perforating it.

Answer 16

incising

Question 17

a furnace desinged specifically for heating clay to the temperatures necessary to make it permanently hard and stone like

Answer 17

klin

Question 18

the heating coils of an electic kiln.

Answer 18

element

Question 19

the bottom of a piece that rests upon a surface there are two kinds raised and flush.

Answer 19

footing

Question 20

clay is hardened by heating it to a hish temperature.

Answer 20

firing

Question 21

glass forming chemicals usually with colorants added, that appliedin liquid form to bisque ware and fired in a klin form a plesing usually glossy coating to the surface of the clay

Answer 21

glaze

Question 22

clay in liquid form.

Answer 22

slip clay

Question 23

a plaster disk or slab for clay work

Answer 23

bat

Question 24

A clay form made from a mold.

Answer 24

Casting

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Casting slip

Question 26

A term which usually refers to the bone china of England but also is associated with vitreous white and porcelain

Answer 26

China

Question 27

Is a thin coat of color that will soak into the green ware or bisque ware

Answer 27

Conditioning coat

Question 28

A mixture of ceramic materials that is designed to soften and bend when the proper mixture of time and temperature is reached in the interior of the kiln

Answer 28

Cone

Question 29

Is a small clay cone holder used when cone are placed on the shelf of the kiln to stand

Answer 29

Cone plaque

Question 30

Is the mixture of time and temperature at which the cone will blend to show the kiln temperature on the shelf

Answer 30

Cone temperature

Question 31

A low fired clay body which is fired to maturity at approx.2000 oF

Answer 31

Earthenware

Question 32

A product that has been tested and determined to be safe for use on surface which come in contract with food or drink

Answer 32

Food safe

Question 33

The base or the part of the piece of ceramic on which it rests.

Answer 33

Foot

Question 34

A shiny glass like finish

Answer 34

Gloss

Question 35

The refractory coating applied to the top of the kiln shelves to protect

Answer 35

Kiln wash

Question 36

Green ware that is allowed to become firm but still retains its wet look

Answer 36

Leather hand

Question 37

A soft finish with a little or no shine

Answer 37

Matte

Question 38

Color which does not allow other colors to show through.

Answer 38

Opaque.

Question 39

Small holes in the side of a kiln used for viewing shelf cones and ventilating the kiln during the firing process.

Answer 39

Peep holes

Question 40

Tiny holes in the final surface finish of a glaze or underglaze.

Answer 40

Pin holes

Question 41

Refers to the ability of a clay to be formed into a shape and retain it.

Answer 41

Plasticity

Question 42

Articles made of refractory material which supports kiln shelves during firing.

Answer 42

Posts

Question 43

A satin like surface which has a slight sheen to it.

Answer 43

Semi matte

Question 44

Colors which generally allow only dark colors to show through.

Answer 44

Semi opaque

Question 45

Slightly colored and/or speckled colors which allow most colors to show through with only slight distortions.

Answer 45

Semi transparent

Question 46

The cone temperature that is fired on the shelf of a kiln.

Answer 46

Shelf cone temperature

Question 47

Usually refers to a natural sponge used for cleaning and decorating green ware.

Answer 47

Sponge

Question 48

clear base color which are free from cloudiness or distortion.

Answer 48

transparent

Question 49

a color which is usually applied to greenware and is most caases is coverd with a glaze

Answer 49

under glaze

Question 50

small holes made by punxturing the wet greenware with a needle tool when teo pieces of ware have been attached.

Answer 50

vent holes

Question 51

starting with a ball of clay the potter opens a hole into the ball and forms a bowl shape through a combination of stroking an pinching the clay.

Answer 51

pinch pots

Question 52

a brownish orange earthware clay body commonly used for ceramic sculpture.

Answer 52

terra cotta

Question 53

a piece of clay is placed on a potters wheel head which spins

Answer 53

wheel thrown