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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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Ceramics

Mouse-hole

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

In some wood kilns, a small air-port and passage which admits air directly beneath the coal-bed.

Blistering

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Glaze defect where fired glaze surface contains bubbles, which often break open to leave sharp-edged craters in surface. Most often caused if volatization of materials in clay and glaze is still ...

Blunging

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

 Mechanical mixing of clay body with water to produce a slip.

Body reduction

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Period of reduction atmosphere induced between cone 012 and 08 to bring out iron colour and speckles in claybody, especially in high-fired stoneware.

Batt wash

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

 A coating of refractory powder applied as a slurry to kiln furniture or saggars to stop sticking of ware.

Modifiers

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Glaze materials which are added to a base glaze to modify surface qualities such as color, gloss, mattness, opacity, crystal development, etc.

Bell kiln

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A kiln with a stationary floor but where the kiln body can be raised upwards on vertical tracks, making it easy to load and unload large forms.

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