Ceramics

Ceramics

Of or pertaining to the art or technique of making objects of ceramic such as porcelain, earthenware or tile.

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rolled edge

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Beveled edge obtained by rolling the outer edge of the foot of a soft-leather-hard pot at an angle against a hard flat surface, or by paddling the edge.

deflocculation

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The dispersion of clay slip or glaze by the addition of an electrolyte e.g.sodium silicate or soda ash

roman arch

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

See BARREL ARCH.

delft

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Opaque lead glazed eathenware often decorated by metal oxides prior to firing

saggars

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A fireclay or other refractory box used originally to protect the ware during firing

devitrification

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Crystallisation of a vitreous glaze after firing. Often at the surface of the glaze.

sagger-firing

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Contemporary firing process in which wares are placed within refractory saggers, along with chemicals and combustibles, in order to achieve certain surface effects.