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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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dilatancy
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
The property of a suspension whereby it gets thicker as it is stirred and thinner as it stands.
salt glaze
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Thin orange peel glaze produced onthe surface of pottery-originally produced by throwing salt into the kiln and allowing it to vapourise.
dipping
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
The application of glaze or decoration slip by immersion and ten allowing excess to drain off.
sand
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Granular silica. Major grit besides grog used to give claybodies structure for throwing and handbuilding.
china clay
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Also known as kaolin. Made from pegmatite and mined in cornwall and other parts of the world.
chinastone
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Pegmatite. A fedspar and in its impure form the source china clayin the UK.
plasticizers
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Materials added to some claybodies, especially those high in kaolins, to increase plasticity and dry strength - includes bentonite, macaloid, Veegum-T.
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