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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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Glaze

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A thin coating of glass. An impervious silicate coating, which is developed in clay ware by the fusion under heat of inorganic materials.

Leather hand

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Stage of the clay between plastic and bone dry. Clay is still damp enough to join it to other pieces using slip.

Kiln furniture

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Refractory posts and shelves used for stacking pottery in the kiln for firing.

Kiln

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A furnace of refractory clay bricks for firing pottery and for fusing glass.

Flux

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A melting agent causing silica to change into a glaze.

Grog

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Fired clay ground to various mesh sizes.

Matt glaze

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A dull glaze surface, not very reflective when fired. It needs a slow cooling period or it may turn shiny.

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