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Ideas and Inspiration for my up and coming ceramics projects...
Ceramics Terms
Wet Clay:this is the clay that will be used to create all of the projects. it is easily molded and can be found naturally in rivers. When trying to maintain the wet clay one must keep it in a closed bag in your locker.
Leather Soft: this clay is in the next stage after wet clay. There is no bend to the structure but it maintains the perfect moisture to be carved and for elements to be added on to. When trying to create leather soft clay, leave tohe wey clay inside of a partially opened bag in your closed locker.
Leather Hard: this is the stage after leather soft in which the project is now too hard to be molded and must continue to be left to dry before it is ready to be put in the bisque.
Bone Dry: At this stage, the clay has gone through a physical change and it is too dry and brittle to be shaped, molded, etc. Since this is the last physical change, the clay is a completely dry solid and is ready to be fired.
Bisque Ware: This is the stage at which the clay becomes a pinkinsh color after the firing. The clay has gone through a chemical change which takes two days and cannot be made back into clay.
Glaze Ware: This is the final firing of the clay. The bisque ware has been covered in a liquid mix which vitrifies and becomes glass after the second firing in the kiln.
The Clay Cycle: The picture below shos the natural clay cycle and once we purchase the clay and use it in class, we begin the cycle from wet clay all the way to glaze ware.
Leather Soft: this clay is in the next stage after wet clay. There is no bend to the structure but it maintains the perfect moisture to be carved and for elements to be added on to. When trying to create leather soft clay, leave tohe wey clay inside of a partially opened bag in your closed locker.
Leather Hard: this is the stage after leather soft in which the project is now too hard to be molded and must continue to be left to dry before it is ready to be put in the bisque.
Bone Dry: At this stage, the clay has gone through a physical change and it is too dry and brittle to be shaped, molded, etc. Since this is the last physical change, the clay is a completely dry solid and is ready to be fired.
Bisque Ware: This is the stage at which the clay becomes a pinkinsh color after the firing. The clay has gone through a chemical change which takes two days and cannot be made back into clay.
Glaze Ware: This is the final firing of the clay. The bisque ware has been covered in a liquid mix which vitrifies and becomes glass after the second firing in the kiln.
The Clay Cycle: The picture below shos the natural clay cycle and once we purchase the clay and use it in class, we begin the cycle from wet clay all the way to glaze ware.