en CR Ceramics Puzzle: Mrs. G 48 Matte : A glaze that has a surface that is not shiny, although it may have some sheen, ranging from dull (very flat) to strong (with a slight sheen or patina). Greenware : Unfired pottery that is finished being shaped and molded into desired shape or form. Functional : Ceramics that are usable on a daily bases: Plates, bowls, bases, cups, mugs, any kind of dish used for food or drink. Scoring : Making marks on the edges of two pieces of clay before joining them together. Bone Dry : Clay is chalky and light in color. This is a very fragile and brittle stage of clay. Foot : The bottom of a vase, bowl, cylinder, mug, etc. Low Fire : Glazes that are fired at a low temperature. Below 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. Non Functional : Ceramics that are made to be purely decorative like a figurine. These usually have an emotion or statement attached to it by the artist. Pinch Pot : Pottery made by forming a ball of clay, and with just the pottery worker's hands pushing one thumb down into the center of the ball and pinching up the wall while rotating the pot. Secondary Color : The color that is created when you combine two primary colors together. Bat : The 'portable' surface on which wet clay or pottery is carried or worked upon. Flange : A type of lid that has a protruding rib, edge, rub, or collar used to hold it in place. White Clay : Pottery made using porcelain with a white color. Ceramics : objects made from earthy materials with the aide of heat; the process of making these objects. Organic : Shapes that are not regular or even, using a combination of edges that are curved or angular. Firing : The process to transform clay into ceramic. Wax : This repels or resists glazes from absorbing into the clay surface. Space : The element of art that refers to the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things. High Fire : Glazes that are fired at a very high temperature. Above 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. Feetling Knife : A knife used to cut, scrape, smooth, or texture clay. Stopper : A cork like lid. Intermediate Color : The color that is created when a primary and secondary color are combined together. Pouring : The process of filling a piece with glaze; usually a technique used for the inside of vases. Texture : The surface quality or 'feel' of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. Glaze : A layer of ceramic or glass that is fused onto the surface of the clay piece. Used to seal the piece, decorate it, or both. Loop Tool : Tools with ribbons of wire for shaping and trimming ceramics objects. Intaglio : A figure or design carved into or beneath the surface of hard metal or stone. Perspective : Creating the appearance of depth within a sculpture or piece. Cup Lid : A lid that fits directly and securely over the top of the form. Coil : using ropes of clay in layer to create case, bowl or other forms. Neck : The part of a jar or restricted vessel between the body and the rim; marked by constriction and change in orientation of vessel walls. Lip : The edge of the vessel opening. Craftsmanship : The skills, knowledge, and dexterity involved in creating works of art. It generally refers to the skill in producing expertly finished products. Monochromatic : All the tints and shades of one color. Line : An Identifiable path of a point moving in space. It can vary in width, direction and length. Clay : A natural material of earth, that becomes plastic when moistened and hard when fired, such as, brick, tile and pottery. Brushing : A glazing technique in which a brush is filled with glaze and ran over the surface of a piece leaving some of that glaze on the surface. Primary Colors : No colors can be mixed to create these three colors: red, yellow, blue. Gloss : A glaze which has a smooth, shiny surface. Tetriadic : The color scheme that is composed of 4 colors that form a rectangle. Key Cut : "Teeth" like patterns to secure lids onto ceramics pieces. Blending Tool : The tool that is used to smooth and clean areas that have been carved away. It removes 'boogers' that often left when carving in wet clay. Bisque : After clay have been fired for the FIRST time. This clay is creamy white in color. It makes a 'tinking' sound when tapped with a tool or fingernail. Clay is permanently in this shape and CANNOT be reclaimed. Earth Tone : A color that is rich and warm with a brownish hue ranging from neutral to dark brown. Slab : Using flat sheets of clay to create a form. Terra Cotta : Clay that is red/brown in color Cool Colors : These colors remind one of things that are cold; ice and snow. They are located on the bottom right of the color wheel. Wedging : Action to remove air bubbles from clay, even out moisture/water content, and evenly mix clay contents. Geometric : Shapes with regular contours and straight edges such as; squares, triangles or circles. Pottery Wheel : A rotating or manual wheel used to create cylindrical forms. Color Scheme : An arrangement of color to form a specific effect, mood, or evoke an emotion. Complimentary Colors : Colors that are across from one another on the color wheel. Triadic : The color scheme tat is compiled of 3 colors that form a triangle. Needle Tool : The tool with a point used for scoring, drawing into, carving into, or cutting clay. Split Complimentary : The color scheme that is composed of a color and the 2 colors location directly next to its compliment. Analogous Colors : These are 3-5 colors located directly next to one another on the color wheel. Dipping : A process of covering a ceramic piece with a glaze by immersion in the liquid, either by hand or a machine. Kiln : The 'oven' the clay is fired in to permanently harden the clay. Pattern : Created when objects, shapes, space, light, direction, lines, etc. are repeated in artwork. Extruder : The clay press that produces roped of clay in various sizes and shapes. Body : The area of a vase which forms the main and often largest portion of a piece. Handbuilding : Ceramics made by hand, not of the potter's wheel. LeatherHard : This is the stage when clay is stiff but still dark in color and cold to the touch. The clay will be stiff enough to support it's own weight, but pliable enough to be bent and worked with. The surface can be soothed but the form cannot be changed. Perfect Sphere : The project that involved an object shaped in a symmetrical ball that was hallow in the middle. Warn Colors : Colors that remind one of sun or fire. They located on the top left of the color wheel. Pinching : Squeezing clay between your fingers and thumb to create form. Soft Slab : The method that rapes or slumps the piece of clay into an already existing bowl or shape. Relief : A sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface to stand out from the surrounding background. Rib : Plastic or wooden tool used for smoothing or shaping the clay.

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Across:

5.	Making marks on the edges of two pieces of clay before joining them together.
8.	Using flat sheets of clay to create a form.
9.	The edge of the vessel opening.
12.	The color scheme tat is compiled of 3 colors that form a triangle.
13.	This repels or resists glazes from absorbing into the clay surface.
14.	A cork like lid.
15.	A natural material of earth, that becomes plastic when moistened and hard when fired, such as, brick, tile and pottery.
20.	A type of lid that has a protruding rib, edge, rub, or collar used to hold it in place.
22.	The part of a jar or restricted vessel between the body and the rim; marked by constriction and change in orientation of vessel walls.
24.	The surface quality or 'feel' of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.
26.	An Identifiable path of a point moving in space. It can vary in width, direction and length.
27.	No colors can be mixed to create these three colors: red, yellow, blue.
29.	The tool that is used to smooth and clean areas that have been carved away. It removes 'boogers' that often left when carving in wet clay.
30.	A lid that fits directly and securely over the top of the form.
32.	After clay have been fired for the FIRST time. This clay is creamy white in color. It makes a 'tinking' sound when tapped with a tool or fingernail. Clay is permanently in this shape and CANNOT be reclaimed.
33.	Pottery made using porcelain with a white color.
39.	A sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface to stand out from the surrounding background.
40.	A knife used to cut, scrape, smooth, or texture clay.
43.	The 'portable' surface on which wet clay or pottery is carried or worked upon.
44.	Action to remove air bubbles from clay, even out moisture/water content, and evenly mix clay contents.
45.	A color that is rich and warm with a brownish hue ranging from neutral to dark brown.
46.	The tool with a point used for scoring, drawing into, carving into, or cutting clay.
47.	Plastic or wooden tool used for smoothing or shaping the clay.

Down:

1.	The element of art that refers to the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.
2.	Shapes that are not regular or even, using a combination of edges that are curved or angular.
3.	A glaze which has a smooth, shiny surface.
4.	The clay press that produces roped of clay in various sizes and shapes.
6.	objects made from earthy materials with the aide of heat; the process of making these objects.
7.	A layer of ceramic or glass that is fused onto the surface of the clay piece. Used to seal the piece, decorate it, or both.
10.	The process of filling a piece with glaze; usually a technique used for the inside of vases.
11.	Squeezing clay between your fingers and thumb to create form.
16.	Pottery made by forming a ball of clay, and with just the pottery worker's hands pushing one thumb down into the center of the ball and pinching up the wall while rotating the pot.
17.	A figure or design carved into or beneath the surface of hard metal or stone.
18.	The color scheme that is composed of a color and the 2 colors location directly next to its compliment.
19.	Shapes with regular contours and straight edges such as; squares, triangles or circles.
21.	Glazes that are fired at a low temperature. Below 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.
23.	The color that is created when you combine two primary colors together.
25.	The project that involved an object shaped in a symmetrical ball that was hallow in the middle.
28.	A glaze that has a surface that is not shiny, although it may have some sheen, ranging from dull (very flat) to strong (with a slight sheen or patina).
29.	The area of a vase which forms the main and often largest portion of a piece.
31.	Created when objects, shapes, space, light, direction, lines, etc. are repeated in artwork.
34.	Colors that remind one of sun or fire. They located on the top left of the color wheel.
35.	The 'oven' the clay is fired in to permanently harden the clay.
36.	using ropes of clay in layer to create case, bowl or other forms.
37.	Glazes that are fired at a very high temperature. Above 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.
38.	"Teeth" like patterns to secure lids onto ceramics pieces.
41.	The method that rapes or slumps the piece of clay into an already existing bowl or shape.
42.	The bottom of a vase, bowl, cylinder, mug, etc.

Ceramics Puzzle: Mrs. G

Across:

5.	Making marks on the edges of two pieces of clay before joining them together.
8.	Using flat sheets of clay to create a form.
9.	The edge of the vessel opening.
12.	The color scheme tat is compiled of 3 colors that form a triangle.
13.	This repels or resists glazes from absorbing into the clay surface.
14.	A cork like lid.
15.	A natural material of earth, that becomes plastic when moistened and hard when fired, such as, brick, tile and pottery.
20.	A type of lid that has a protruding rib, edge, rub, or collar used to hold it in place.
22.	The part of a jar or restricted vessel between the body and the rim; marked by constriction and change in orientation of vessel walls.
24.	The surface quality or 'feel' of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.
26.	An Identifiable path of a point moving in space. It can vary in width, direction and length.
27.	No colors can be mixed to create these three colors: red, yellow, blue.
29.	The tool that is used to smooth and clean areas that have been carved away. It removes 'boogers' that often left when carving in wet clay.
30.	A lid that fits directly and securely over the top of the form.
32.	After clay have been fired for the FIRST time. This clay is creamy white in color. It makes a 'tinking' sound when tapped with a tool or fingernail. Clay is permanently in this shape and CANNOT be reclaimed.
33.	Pottery made using porcelain with a white color.
39.	A sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface to stand out from the surrounding background.
40.	A knife used to cut, scrape, smooth, or texture clay.
43.	The 'portable' surface on which wet clay or pottery is carried or worked upon.
44.	Action to remove air bubbles from clay, even out moisture/water content, and evenly mix clay contents.
45.	A color that is rich and warm with a brownish hue ranging from neutral to dark brown.
46.	The tool with a point used for scoring, drawing into, carving into, or cutting clay.
47.	Plastic or wooden tool used for smoothing or shaping the clay.

Down:

1.	The element of art that refers to the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.
2.	Shapes that are not regular or even, using a combination of edges that are curved or angular.
3.	A glaze which has a smooth, shiny surface.
4.	The clay press that produces roped of clay in various sizes and shapes.
6.	objects made from earthy materials with the aide of heat; the process of making these objects.
7.	A layer of ceramic or glass that is fused onto the surface of the clay piece. Used to seal the piece, decorate it, or both.
10.	The process of filling a piece with glaze; usually a technique used for the inside of vases.
11.	Squeezing clay between your fingers and thumb to create form.
16.	Pottery made by forming a ball of clay, and with just the pottery worker's hands pushing one thumb down into the center of the ball and pinching up the wall while rotating the pot.
17.	A figure or design carved into or beneath the surface of hard metal or stone.
18.	The color scheme that is composed of a color and the 2 colors location directly next to its compliment.
19.	Shapes with regular contours and straight edges such as; squares, triangles or circles.
21.	Glazes that are fired at a low temperature. Below 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.
23.	The color that is created when you combine two primary colors together.
25.	The project that involved an object shaped in a symmetrical ball that was hallow in the middle.
28.	A glaze that has a surface that is not shiny, although it may have some sheen, ranging from dull (very flat) to strong (with a slight sheen or patina).
29.	The area of a vase which forms the main and often largest portion of a piece.
31.	Created when objects, shapes, space, light, direction, lines, etc. are repeated in artwork.
34.	Colors that remind one of sun or fire. They located on the top left of the color wheel.
35.	The 'oven' the clay is fired in to permanently harden the clay.
36.	using ropes of clay in layer to create case, bowl or other forms.
37.	Glazes that are fired at a very high temperature. Above 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.
38.	"Teeth" like patterns to secure lids onto ceramics pieces.
41.	The method that rapes or slumps the piece of clay into an already existing bowl or shape.
42.	The bottom of a vase, bowl, cylinder, mug, etc.