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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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High-fire
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
High-temperature firing range usually including cone 8 to cone 12, for firing stoneware or porcelain.
Tube kiln
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Sequential-firing Korean kiln design evolving from Chinese bank kiln, with long sloping tubular firing chamber..
Patina
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
An overall thin wash of glaze or oxide stain, allowing the colour and texture of the claybody to show through.
Catenary arch
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A parabolic kiln arch requiring no buttressing or steel frame; laid out by hanging a chain from two points and marking the resulting curve.
Peeling
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A defect in glazed and fired ware.The glaze flakes off in pieces particularly on edges.
Celadon
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Classic East-Asian transparent or translucent glaze with small percentages of iron and/or copper and/or chrome, giving range of soft greens, blue-greens, and gray-greens. Most desireable Chinese ...
Pinholes
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A common fault in the body or glaze. Small holes appear in the glaze or body as gases erupt thro the surface.
