| A | B |
|---|
| Handbuilding | Technique of building pots using the only the hands and simple tools rather than the potters wheel. |
| Pinch | Shaping clay by forming a ball |
| Coil | Building ceramic forms by rolling out coils, or ropes, of clay and joining them together with the fingers or a tool. |
| Slip | liquid clay |
| Bisque | clay that has been fired once |
| Greenware | clay that has not been fired. |
| Glaze | A glass-like surface coating |
| Firing | Heating the pottery to a specific temperature |
