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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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Hardbrick
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Hard, dense firebrick generally used only in high-stress areas of kiln (floor, burner ports, flues, bagwall) and for corrosive firing processes (salt, soda, wood).
Underglaze
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Coloured slips formulated to have low drying shrinkage, allowing application to bone-dry or bisque-fired surface before glazing. Commercial underglazes are available in a wide palette of colours ...
Triaxial blend
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Method for testing three-way combinations of glaze materials, where proportional amounts vary through a series of samples between three limits. May involve change in glaze materials, or addition of ...
Hardening on
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A firing process normally 650-700C to remove organic components of underglaze decoration.
Trimming
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
At the leather-hard stage, removal of excess clay from a piece, using any of a variety of sharp cutting tools.
Heatwork
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Work done by effective heat-transfer to wares, resulting from ramp-rate, temperature and duration of firing.
