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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S-cracks

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

"S"-shaped cracks which occasionally appear in the bottoms of wheel-thrown pots, resulting from inadequate compression of the bottom, and/or excessive water left in bottom. Occur most often in ...

Salt glaze

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Thin orange peel glaze produced onthe surface of pottery-originally produced by throwing salt into the kiln and allowing it to vapourise.

Dipping

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The application of glaze or decoration slip by immersion and ten allowing excess to drain off.

Sand

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Granular silica. Major grit besides grog used to give claybodies structure for throwing and handbuilding.

Dispersion

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Natural tendency of materials in liquid solution to go from area of high concentration to area of lower concentration, resulting in even distribution of materials throughout the glaze melt.

Sang-de- boeuf

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Ox-blood colour used to describe deep red colour of some glazes

Dispersoids

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

In glaze-melt, inclusions which disperse throughout the melt without actually dissolving into the glassy-phase. Examples are titanium or zirconium particles, colloidal copper, or minute air bubbles.