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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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firebox
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
The part of a fuel-burning kiln where fuel gases combust before contacting wares. Gas kilns need little if any firebox, while wood and oil kilns produce long hot flames which ...
soaking
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Maintaining a low steady heat in the early stages of firing to achieve a uniform temperature throughout the kiln.
fireclay
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Clay that is uesd for refractory items. some fireclays contain naturalgrogs to improve shock resistance.
soap
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A specialized hardbrick shape, half the width of a standard brick. Useful for posts in salt and wood firings.
fire-eye
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Ultraviolet sensor used on industrial burner systems to monitor burner flame.
soft paste
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Traditional European term for a dense, white claybody which fires at lower temperature and was the precursor to true porcelain.
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