When clay consists of ample amounts of water to allow it to be shaped easily. 

Soil image is a great example.

process of pressing a design into a piece of pottery such as a rope into a vase (a type of mold)

This sandy material is really broken down bisqueware added to clay. 

Rubbing a surface of clay with a spoon or stone until it creates a shiny surface.

Ranges from smooth to course in clay

If you do not monitor and familiarlize yourself with the nature of your clay it will crack  while it is undergoing this. 

3 dimensional design such as a cube or cylinder.

pottery that has been hand-built, painted with natural pigments, and fired with organzic fuel. Textbook example: Casa Grandes Revival

These two addtives to clay make it more pliable and easier to work with.  Experienced potters prize this slimy clay where more novice may find it gross. 

Technique used above is a prime example.

Technique used to create a form using snake like clay pieces as shown in the image.

This item is used to support the materials being used to create a sculptural form. 

Significance or importance that you give a particular element of design.  such as the spotted lizard in contrast with the solid orange background.(image provided)

Are the 4 stages of greenware clay in order prior to becoming bisqueware.

Technique used to removed portions of glaze that has been added to greenware 

Technique seen here where clay is carved and slip placed in and over the cracks that when removed from th esurface leaves the glaze only in the crevases.  

how light or dark a color or hue is.

natural earth minerals such as iron, cobaly, and copper to produce varoius hues in clay when fired.

Striking pottery style that utilizes cobalt in its glaze and is famous in  the Midddle East and China.   Has become known as Mohammedan Blue. 

Clay that has not yet been fired

language used by Mesopotamian which later leads to Egyptian pictographic written language.

Can be painted on either green ware or bisque ware with little exceptions.  It is matte in color and stays true to its color both before and after firing.

A branch of philosophy that deals with beauty.

principle of design that demonstrates a strong difference in a single element.  such as rough to smooth and light to dark.