Ceramics

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Ceramics

• Use with your study sheet

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SCORE AND SLIP

• This refers to a method of joining two pieces of
  clay together. First, you scratch the surfaces
  that will be sticking together. Then you wet the
  surface with some slip, using it like glue. Next,
  you press the two pieces together.

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COIL

• This is the technique of building ceramic forms
  by rolling out coils, or ropes, of clay and
  joining them together with the fingers or a tool. 

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SLIP

• This is liquid clay. It can be used like a
  glue when used with scoring.

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BISQUE

• This is the process of heating the pottery to a
  specific temperature in order to bring about a
  particular change in the clay or the surface.

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Stages of DryingLEATHER HARD

• Stage of drying when the clay is not wet. It can
  hold its own shape and is easily carved or
  trimmed. It is not completely dry yet.

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Parts of the VaseNECK

• The (usually) narrower part that leads from the
  body of the vase to the mouth.

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Stages of Dryness WET STAGE

• Stage of drying when the clay is moldable. This
  is what the clay is called directly out of the
  bag.

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Greenware

• This refers to ceramic ware that has not been
  fired.

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Molding

• In this technique, flat slabs of clay are pressed
  into these in order to create various shapes or
  forms. The African masks are an example.

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Handbuilding

• This term refers to the one of several techniques
  of building pots using the only the hands and
  simple tools rather than the potters wheel.

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BISQUE

• This term refers to ceramic ware that has been
  fired once without glaze.

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Throwing

• The term used for creating pottery using the
  potter's wheel.

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Parts of the VaseFOOT

• This is the part of the vase that meets the floor

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Parts of the VaseMOUTH

• The opening at the top of a vase

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Stages of Dryness BONE DRY

• Stage of dryness where the clay is ready to go
  into the kiln to be fired for the first time.
  There is not any moisture left in the clay.

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Parts of the VaseBODY

• This is the main part of the vase. It is usually
  the largest part. We formed this part by making
  two pinch pots and putting them together.

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Glaze

• A glass-like surface coating for ceramics that is
  used to decorate and seal the pores of the fired
  clay.

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Pinch

• This is a method of shaping clay by inserting the
  thumb of one hand into the clay and lightly
  pinching with the thumb and fingers while slowly
  rotating the ball in the palm of the other hand.

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Wheel ThrowingConing
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Centering- this is done by coning and pushing down
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Opening the Clay-put your thumbs into the middle
of the clay and push down
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Pulling-This makes your pot taller and thins the
sides
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Shaping
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Trimming
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Cutting the clay with a wire off the wheel
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Trimming
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