CERAMICS VOCABULARY
Students are introduced to vocabulary and record the definations developing their own Ceramic glossary. Students will be familiar with the words and apply them properly.
SEPTEMBER VOCABULARY
Porous - Permeable by water
Kiln -Furnance or oven used for firing or baking pottery
Bisqueware -Pottery that has had its first firing
Greenware -Pottery that hasn't gone through its first firing in the kiln
Vitrify -To convert or change to glass. Glaze vitrifies when fired in the kiln
Pinch pot Starting with a ball of clay the potter opens a hole into the ball and forms abowl shape by pinching and stroking the clay.
Pottery Ceramic ware made of clay that has been hardened by heat during a firing
Scoring- Roughing up the surface of moist clay for the purpose of joining or attaching clay.
Pottery Ceramic ware made of clay that has been hardened by heat during a firing
Scoring- Roughing up the surface of moist clay for the purpose of joining or attaching clay.
CERAMICS VOCABULARY
Students are introduced to vocabulary and record the definations developing their own Ceramic glossary. Students will be familiar with the words and apply them properly.
SEPTEMBER VOCABULARY
Porous - Permeable by water
Kiln -Furnance or oven used for firing or baking pottery
Bisqueware -Pottery that has had its first firing
Greenware -Pottery that hasn't gone through its first firing in the kiln
Vitrify -To convert or change to glass. Glaze vitrifies when fired in the kiln
Pinch pot Starting with a ball of clay the potter opens a hole into the ball and forms abowl shape by pinching and stroking the clay.
Pottery Ceramic ware made of clay that has been hardened by heat during a firing
Scoring- Roughing up the surface of moist clay for the purpose of joining or attaching clay.
Pottery Ceramic ware made of clay that has been hardened by heat during a firing
Scoring- Roughing up the surface of moist clay for the purpose of joining or attaching clay.