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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coiling

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Rolled cylinders of clay build up to make a solid pottery form.

pulling

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Shaping a handle by hand to the correct size and shape.

Gaseous, liquid, or solid materials which remain suspended within glaze melt without dissolving into melt, and which often coagulate to form visible particles. An example is copper in a copper-red ...

pumice

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

See VOLCANIC ASH

color-active slip

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Slip of a composition which affects color of glazes placed over it. Can result from coloring oxides, color modifiers, or textural qualities which influence color.

pyrometer

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Temperature gauge connected to a thermocouple, which indicates temperature within kiln. Pyrometers provide good general reference, but only respond to temperature, while clay and glazes (and cones) ...