| A | B |
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| Hand built ceramics | manually crafter w. hands by pinching, coil & slab construction |
| Throwing | creating a form on the potter's wheel |
| Wedging | Process of removing air from clay |
| Leather-hard | Clay that is hard to bend, yet soft enough to carve |
| Bone-dry | clay that has been air dried as much as possible |
| Green ware | clay that is completely dry but not fired |
| Bisque ware | Clay that has been fired once |
| Slip | "liquid clay: used to attach 2 pieces of clay together |
| Scoring | Process of scratching the surface of 2 pieces of clay to attach them together |
| Kiln | The oven used to bake clay |
| Firing | Process used to heat clay which unites particles into a single mass |
| Plasticity | Property of clay which allows it to be worked and reshaped |
| Grog | Particles of ground or powdered fired clay which is added to clay mixes to give strength & reduce shrinkage |
| Shrinkage | Clay will shrink by as much as 10% &j additional shrinkage occurs during firing - final piece can be as much as 15% |
| Under glaze | Colored liquid clay which is applied to green ware or bisque. It has a dull finish & requires gloss application to make surface glossy |
| Advantage of under glaze | Color is stable and won't flow when fired |
| Glaze | "Liquid glass" substance used to decorate and seal pottery |
| Foot | The bottom surface a ceramic piece rests on |
| How thick should clay be? | No thicker than your thumb |
| How do you keep clay from shrinking? | make and dry the two pieces at the same time and rate |
