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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wall pocket

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A vase usually with a flat back for attachment to a wall

A partially mechanized vessel-forming process on the potter’s wheel, where a pivoting arm (a jigger or jolley) with a mounted profile rib is brought down against a centered clay ball within or upon a ...

warping

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Distortion of clay forms caused by uneven stresses within clay due to forming method, uneven drying, uneven support in firing, or uneven or excessive heat in firing.

abrasives

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Hard materials used for grinding,cutting or polishing e.g.alumina

kaki

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

High-fired Japanese saturated iron glaze usually containing at least 10% (of dry batch weight) iron oxide, which produces iridescent microcrystalline rust red.