Clay Vocabulary

plastic clay
leatherhard clay
Bone Dry
bisqueware
glazeware
wedge
fire
kiln

Clay wet enough to be worked but firm enough to hold its shape (1 st
stage)
Clay that is still damp but too dry to shape (2 nd stage)
Clay that is completely dry and ready to be fired (3 rd stage)
Clay that has been fired once (4th stage)
Ceramic piece that has been fired a second time with glaze on it (5 th
stage
)
Press with the palms of hands to remove air bubbles; like kneading
bread
To heat up to high temperatures to make clay hard
Special piece of equipment used to fire clay to high temperatures

score

To scratch the surface of the clay ; aids in joining two pieces together

slip

Clay mixed with water to make a glue used to stick two pieces of
clay together
A special paint for clay made of powdered chemicals that melt during
firing into a hard, glassy-like surface. Only applied to bisqueware

glaze