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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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s-cracks
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
“S”-shaped cracks which occasionally appear in the bottoms of wheel-thrown pots, resulting from inadequate compression of the bottom, and/or excessive water left in bottom. Occur most often in ...
down-firing
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Practice of slowly cooling a kiln by keeping burners or elements turned on, in order to promote glaze crystal formation or other phenomena. See SOAKING, ZONE OF CRYSTALLIZATION.
secondary air
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
In fuel burning kilns, air which enters kiln after initial combustion and feeds flames as they leave primary combustion source. In gas kiln, secondary air enters burner port around burner-tip. In ...
draft
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
The flow of exhaust gases out of a fuel kiln, affecting intake of flames and secondary air.
secondary kaolins
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Kaolins which have been transported some distance from the parent rock and are still very pure, but much more plastic than primary kaolins.
sedimentation
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
The settling out over time of any clay or glaze slip. More noticeable in glazes low in clay content.
