Pottery Final Mrs. D

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cleaning tool

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loop tools

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piercing / needle tool

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extruder / clay gun

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clay cutter

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slab roller

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scoring broom

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brush / fan brush

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sponge

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mold

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score

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making marks on the edges to two pieces of clay before joining them together with slip

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wedging

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A procedure for preparing clay or a clay body by hand

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green ware

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unfired clay

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bisque

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use this type of paint after clay is fired

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leather dry

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The condition of a clay or clay body when it has been partially dried to the point where all shrinkage has been completed.

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bone dry

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The final stage of greenware dried to a completely dry state and ready to be fired. In this stage, the clay is very fragile, non-plastic and porous

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kiln

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A furnace for the firing of ceramics.

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color wash

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mix half water and half paint, apply on project, rub off with a damp sponge

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glaze

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a mixture of powdered materials that often includes a premelted glass made into a slip and applied to aceramic body by spraying or dipping and capable of fusing to glassy coating when dried and fired.

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crystal glaze

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A coating that has been matured to the glassy state on a formed ceramic article, or the material or mixture from which the coating is made.

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slip / slip casting

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A suspension of clay, clay body or glaze in water.

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crawling

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A parting and contraction of the glaze on the surface of ceramic ware during drying or firing, resulting in unglazed areas bordered by coalesced glaze

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pooching

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glob the sip of to the scored piece of clay

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clay

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A group of hydrous aluminium phyllosilicate minerals. Often also used to refer to the clay body, which sometimes may only contain small amounts of clay minerals.

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hand builing

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any clay piece you make by using your hands

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pinching

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to construct a project by pinching it

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slabbing

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putting it in the slab roller to flatten the clay to the size you need

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coiling

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a hand method of forming pottery by building up the walls with coils of rope-like rolls of clay.

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hollowing out

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remove clay from the interior from solid piece of clay so it does not explode

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primary colors

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Red

Yellow

Blue

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Secondary colors

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green

orange

purple

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tertiary colors

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you get this by mixing a primary color with a secondary color

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monochromatic colors

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colors go well together, producing a soothing effect.

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complimentary colors

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colors, when are combined, cancel each other out to form a brown or grey color.

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How many coats of color and/or glaze on green ware

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color = 3

glaze = 2

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How many coats of color and/or glaze on bisque

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color = 3

glaze = 2

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what kind of paint is used on green ware

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used on un-fired clay

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what kind of paint is used on bisque

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used on fired clay

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how long for clay to dry once placed in the kiln room?

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24 hours

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when and how to tell if it is kiln ready?

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light color, the feel of it, has to be warm and no dampness,