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26 Cards in this Set
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Armature |
Framework used to support clay while it is being modeled |
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Bisque Fire |
The first firing of clay in a kiln |
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Bisque Ware |
What clay is called after it has been fired once |
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Burnishing Stone |
Small, smooth stone used to rub leather hard clay to make it shiny |
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Clay |
Decomposed granite type rock |
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Coiling |
One method of hand building, building up walls with rope-like rolls of clay |
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Earthen Ware |
Low fire clay, red or brown in color |
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Foot |
A base of a ceramic piece |
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Glaze |
A liquid based suspension of finely ground minerals applied by brushing, pouring, dipping, or spraying |
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Glaze Fire |
2nd Firing |
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Greenware |
Ceramic ware which has not been fired, very brittle |
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Grog |
Ground up, fired clay or sand added to a clay body to make it stronger |
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Kiln |
A furnace used to fire ceramic products |
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Kiln Wash |
Milky substance painted on kiln shelves to protect from glaze |
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Leather Hard Clay |
Clay that is too hard to press your finger into but soft enough to carve |
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Plaster Bat |
Block of hardened plaster used to help remove excess moisture from clay |
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Plasticity |
Easy to form |
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Potter's Wheel |
A large wheel, either kick or electric, used to make pottery |
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Pugmill |
Removes air bubbles and mixes clay |
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Pyrometric Cone |
Cone that bends at a certain temp and tells the kiln when to turn off |
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Scoring |
Roughing up the surface |
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Slab |
A flat piece of clay |
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Slip |
Liquid clay or clay glue |
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Stoneware |
Middle fired clay, grey in color |
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Under Glaze |
Flat toned glazes, they don't run |
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Wedging |
Process of kneading clay to compress molecules, remove excess moisture, and remove air bubbles |
