1. Wedging (Recycling clay)
Wedging helps:
1. remove excess moisture
2. gain an even texture
3. remove air bubbles

2. Ceramics Vocabulary

3. Construction Methods Slab- is the process of making pottery using flat
pieces of clay.
Drape- is the process of making pottery using flat
pieces of clay pressed onto a mold.
Slump- is the process of making pottery using flat
pieces of clay pressed into a mold.

4. Construction Methods
Pinch- is the process of making pottery by molding a piece of clay in
your hands.
Coil- is the process of making pottery using ropelike pieces of clay stacked onto each other.

5. Wheel Thrown- is the process of making pottery using the potter’s wheel.

6. USES: 1. Attaching clay together 2. Decoration 3. casting
Write these definitions down in your vocabulary work sheet Stages of clay
Slip- Liquid clay
USES: 1. Attaching clay together 2. Decoration 3. casting
Plastic- Good, workable clay. The quality of clay that allows it to be manipulated and still maintain its shape without cracking or sagging.
Leatherhard- Unbendable clay that is still damp enough to carve.
Bonedry- Pottery that is almost completely dry but still contains a small amount of water.
Greenware- Pottery that is totally dried, but not yet fired.
Bisqueware- Pottery that has been fired once but not yet glazed.
Glazeware- Pottery that has been fired twice with glaze.

7. Drying out process
Always cover clay with a plastic bag to prevent it from drying out.
Damp paper towel helps to keep clay wet! Wet paper towel will make your project collapse.
When you are finished with a project unwrap it and allow to dry slowly and evenly to prevent cracking.

8. Write these definitions down in your vocabulary work sheet
Kiln Vocabulary
Kiln- The furnace made of bricks in which pottery is fired. (Electric, wood, gas)
Element- Coils of nichrome wire that heat the kiln.
Thermocouple- A thermometer used for measuring the temperature of a kiln.
Kiln Wash- liquid substance used to protect kiln shelves from glaze drippings.
Kiln Shelf- An article of kiln furniture that ceramic pieces are placed on for firing.
Posts- An article of kiln furniture used to support shelves in the loading process.
Stilts- An article of kiln furniture used to prop up glazed pottery to prevent it from sticking to kiln shelves.

9. *Match clay with glaze and to fire properly
Firing Temperatures
Low Fire- Cone 04/05/06 = F
High Fire- Cone 4/5/6 = F
*Match clay with glaze and to fire properly

10. Recipe for leadless clear glaze:
Cone 05
Frit grams
EPK China Clay 8.0 grams
Bentonite grams
Water
  Glaze- Made of ground minerals. When fired to certain temperature minerals fuse into a glassy coating. Matt or Glossy, (depending on their components).

12. Underglazes
Underglaze- Any coloring material used under a glaze. Underglazes are usually bright in color and look dull without a clear gloss glaze applied.