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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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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 ...
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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