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13 Cards in this Set
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Slip
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Soft clay mixed with water; slip is the consistency of paste or yogurt; slip acts as glue to join pieces.
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Score
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Scratching hatch marks into clay for joining.
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Join
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Scoring and slipping to attach pieces; smoothing over seams using finger or clay tools,
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Wedge
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Pushing or kneading the clay in a spiral motion to force out air bubbles.
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Leather hard
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Clay that is still flexible enough to bend and join pieces to, but is strong enough to stand as a wall of a vessel.
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Bone dry
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Clay that is completely free of moisture and ready for firing,is no longer cool to the touch.
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Kiln
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Oven in which we fire clay.
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Fire
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Bake as it refers to clay.
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Slab
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Rolling out even thickness of clay to construct a bottom or walls of a vessel or a bowl.
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Coil
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Rolling out long cylinders ( or snakes! ) of clay to stack on top of each other for a vessel.
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Pinch
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Using your thumb and middle- or fore- finger to pinch a pot out of a ball of clay.
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Bisque
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Clay that has been fired once.
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Lip
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Flared edge of a vessel or bowl.
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