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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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nickel oxide

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

 Used to produce brown,green or violet colours in glaze. Now considered toxic.

bone ash

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

 Animal bones that have been processed and calcined to produce a ceramic powder,

noborigama

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Translates "step-climbing kiln" - Traditional Japanese multi-chamber downdraft/crossdraft climbing kiln, with initial firebox at bottom, and secondary fireboxes in each chamber. As kiln is fired, ...

bone china

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

 A thin, white translucent pottery made using bone ash as a body component.

nuka

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

An often irridescent milky white Japanese glaze containing rice-hull ash.

bone dry

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Completely dry (and very brittle) state clay must reach before firing.

onglaze

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

 Decoration applied on top of the fired glaze. Overglaze or enamel terms are sometimes used.

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