Shrinkage, Particles of clay that pull together during drying process, Foot, Part of the pot that places piece on 'pedestal', Leather hard, 2nd stage of dryness, best time to join pieces together, Wet, the stage when clay is most easily molded into shapes; at its most moist point but still useable, Bone Dry, stage when clay can no longer be attached; very fragile, shape can no longer be changed, Porous, the ability to absorb water, Plasticity, describes clay when water is added and it becomes a soft, pliable mass, Body, The main structure of a pot or vase, Coil, technique where clay is rolled in hands or on hard surface, Colored liquid clay, a term used to define under glaze, Residual Clay, pure clay that is found where it was originally formed, River Banks, the most common location to find clay, Bisque, the name of the First Firing, Sedimentary Clay, clays formed by the breaking up of rocks carried by streams and rivers, Porcelain, "the King of Clays", fired to 2400 degrees, becomes white/blue when fired, Greenware, any ceramic ware that has not been fired, Glaze, a glass-like coating used to seal pieces, decorative technique, Wax Resist, decorative technique applied to pots that withstands the glaze process, Score slip , process used to attach two pieces together, such as handles, Mouth, the openning, Maturity, point where a piece will no longer absorb water, Stoneware, seen as tan or buff gray when fired, this clay is used to show great detail, fired above 2000 degrees, Neck, part of a pot that separates the body from the mouth , Kiln, machine that acts like an oven and heats the clay up to high temperatures, Earthenware, the most brittle of the 3 types of clay used; fired between 1800-2000 degees.

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