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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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Compress

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Pushing the clay down and together, forcing the particles of clay closer.

Coil

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A piece of clay rolled like a rope, used in making pottery.

Cone

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Pyrometric - A pyramid composed of clay and glaze, made to melt and bend at specific temperatures. It is used in a kiln to determine the end of a firing or in some electric kilns it shuts off a kiln ...

Crawling

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Bare spot (from the shrinking of a glaze) on a finished piece where oil or grease prevents the glaze from adhering to pottery.

Earthenware

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A low fired clay body. Glazed pottery is fired to a temperature of 1,830 - 2,010 degrees Fahrenheit.

Crazing

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The cracking of a glaze on a fired pot. It is the result of the glaze shrinking more than the clay body in cooling process.

Englobe

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Coloured clay slip used to decorate Greenwear or leather hard pieces before bisque firing.

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