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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Pugging

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The intimate mixing and extrusion of plastic clay body. Also the machine used to carry out this process.

Coil construction

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Ceramic forming method utilising rope-like coils of plastic clay, assembled in successive courses to build up wall of vessel or sculpture.

Pug-mill

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A machine similar to an over-sized meat-grinder, used to homogenise plastic claybodies. De-airing pugmill has vacuum pump attachment, effectively removes all air from clay, eliminating need for ...

slabbing

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A buliding technique where slabs of clay are joined at edges to form an article.

1740 Qianlong Vase

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The 16-inch tall Chinese vase with a fish motif on the front and gold banding on top. It was made for the Emperor Qianlong by a un-known master craftsman in the Imperial kilns and marked with the ...