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25 Cards in this Set
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armature |
framework used to support clay while it is being molded |
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bisque fire |
first fringe of clay in a kiln |
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bisque ware |
clay that has been fired for the first time |
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burnishing stone |
small smooth stone used to run leather hard clay to a smooth sheen |
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coiling |
one method of hand building pottery by building up the walls with rope like rolls |
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earthenware |
low fire clay that is reddish or brownish |
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foot |
base of a ceramic piece |
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glaze |
liquid suspension of finely grounded mineral applied with a brush etc. |
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glaze fire |
second firing of ceramic ware |
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green ware |
ceramic ware which has not been fired, very brittle |
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grog |
ground up fired clay |
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kiln |
furnace used to fire ceramic products |
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kiln wash |
milky substance painted in kiln shelves to protect them from glaze |
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leather hard clay |
clay that is too hard to press your finger into but soft enough to carve into |
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plaster bat |
block of hardened plaster help remove excess moisture from clay |
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plasticity |
easy to from and manipulate |
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potters wheel |
large wheel, either kick or electric, used to make pottery |
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pug mill |
removed air bubbles and mixes clay |
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pyro metric cone |
cone that blends at a certain temparature and tells the kiln when to turn off |
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scoring |
roughing up the surface |
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slap |
flat piece of clay |
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slip |
liquid clay/ clay glue |
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stoneware |
middle fire clay gray in color |
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under glaze |
flat toned glaze |
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wedging |
process of kneading clay to compress molecules remove excess moisture and removing air bubbles |
