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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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intermittent kiln
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A kiln which is loaded cold, brought to temperature, cooled and unloaded. See CONTINUOUS KILN.
jug finger
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A long wooden tool with a knob on the end, often covered with chamois, which is inserted in a bottle or jug on the wheel after the top has been necked in, and is used to broaden and refine the shape.
keys
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
In plaster slip-casting molds, small rounded depressions carved in each parting face of a mold segment, so that when adjacent segments are cast a corresponding bump will form. In use, the keys allow ...
maturity
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Firing point at which a claybody or glaze reaches it's desired condition of color, hardness, density, etc.
oxidation cleanup
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
When reduction firing reaches maturing temperature, a period of oxidation to allow outgassing to stop and glazes to heal.
