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Ceramics
Of or pertaining to the art or technique of making objects of ceramic such as porcelain, earthenware or tile.
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Bone dry
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Completely dry (and very brittle) state clay must reach before firing.
Onglaze
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Decoration applied on top of the fired glaze. Overglaze or enamel terms are sometimes used.
Bonfire firing
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Earliest and most basic firing process, where wares are fired in an open bonfire. See blackware firing.
Borax
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Sodium borate-usually as the decahydrate form. Used in the manufacture of frits.
Bottle kiln
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A huge bottle shaped brick kiln. Originally used in Stoke onTrent for firing of pottery-now museum exhibits exist only.
Orifice
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
In a gas or oil burner, the restricted opening through which a jet of fuel emerges.
