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Arts & crafts
Arts & crafts comprises a multitude of activities and hobbies that involve making things with one's hands, usually from scratch. They can be sub-divided into 'handicrafts'( or traditional crafts ) that are fashioned in an old style using long practised techniques, and the rest which are more modern inventions that have become recent trends or fads.
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cut glaze
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Bare areas on glazed ware caused by mechanical damage of the glaze prior to firing.
resist
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Material used in glazing and decorating which can be applied to surface to prevent adhesion of slip or glaze. Resists may be in the form of tape or adhesive-backed paper, or ...
cylinder kiln
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
First stage in kiln evolution beyond bonfire, consisting of cylindrical clay wall containing fire and wares, covered with layer of shards.
rheostat
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Variable electric switch often found on forced-air burners to control blower speed. Small inexpensive rheostats used on most power-burners are imprecise, and adjustments should ...
damper
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
In fuel-burning kilns, adjustable refractory plate located in exhaust flue, allowing control of back-pressure and secondary air, regulating kiln atmosphere.
rib
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Wide, flat hand-held tool used to shape, smooth, and/or scrape clay surfaces; usually wood, rubber, plastic, or metal, either rigid or flexible, with straight, curved, or profiled ...
de-airing
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
The process of removing the air from a plastic clay mass, usually accomplished through wedging, or far more effectively with a vacuum de-airing pugmill.
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