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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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Feldspar
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A range of aluminium silicate minerals used primarily in high-fire claybodies and glazes, contributing fluxes including potassium, sodium, lithium, and/or calcium.
Slip decoration
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Application of contrasting coloured slip to a body as a form of decoration.
Fettling
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
The removal of the seams edges and blemishes from dried pots prior to glazing
Extruder
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Machine which forces plastic clay through a die to produce extruded clay shapes.
Skew bricks
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Special angled bricks used to support the first course of arch bricks on either side of a sprung arch.
Extrusion
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
The process of forcing a clay body thro an aperture or die to achieve a specific cross section or size.
Silk screen
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A form of decoration where the colour paste is forced thro a decorative patterned screen either directly onto the ware or a transfer paper.
