Ceramics

Ceramics

Of or pertaining to the art or technique of making objects of ceramic such as porcelain, earthenware or tile.

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Ceramics

Small balls or rolls of refractory clay mixture (40 alumina, 10 ball clay, 50 kaolin) placed under wares and posts, and between pots, lids, etc., in vapor-glazing and wood firing processes, to keep ...

Water column inches

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Standard low-pressure measure of gas pressure, based on pressure required to lift a column of water. Household natural gas pressure is usually 7" or 7 W.C.I. Industrial natural gas pressure may be ...

Set

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

To place wares in a kiln. Or, in a loaded kiln, the entire structure of shelves, furniture, and wares.

Dunting

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Traditional term referring to serious cracking occurring in cooling, resulting from drawing too soon, from extreme excessive glaze-compression, or from low-thermal-shock-resistance in over-vitrified ...

Setting

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Process of loading a kiln, or technically, of placing the set. See SET.

Down-firing

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Practise of slowly cooling a kiln by keeping burners or elements turned on, in order to promote glaze crystal formation or other phenomena. See SOAKING, ZONE OF CRYSTALLIZATION.

Secondary air

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

In fuel burning kilns, air which enters kiln after initial combustion and feeds flames as they leave primary combustion source. In gas kiln, secondary air enters burner port around burner-tip. In ...