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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.
