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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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skew bricks
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Special angled bricks used to support the first course of arch bricks on either side of a sprung arch.
extrusion
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
The process of forcing a clay body thro an aperture or die to achieve a specific cross section or size.
slabbing
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A buliding technique where slabs of clay are joined at edges to form an article.
faceting
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Decorating technique involving cutting or paddling flat facets in the clay surface.
slab-roller
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A mechanized but usually manually operated device for rolling out large uniform slabs of clay.
faience
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Widely used (and misused) term referring to any earthenware pottery glazed with an opaque glaze (usually white) and overglaze decoration.
slip
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Clay mixed with water with a mayonnaise consistency. Used in casting and decoration.
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