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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wetting agent

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A chemical used to help the application of glaze or colour to allow it to better cover uneven areas.

amorphous

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Materials such as glass, which have no regular repeating crystalline structure.

kindling temperature

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

In combustion of fuels, temperature which must be reached before oxidation reaction will produce enough heat to sustain and accelerate. For wood and paper, kindling temperature is 451 degrees F.

wheel

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Also potters wheel- a horizontal disc on a foot operated or motor driven shaft. Used for throwing of pots.

anagama

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Translates "cellar kiln" - Traditional Japanese kiln evolving from the bank-kiln, and featuring a long, swelling inclined tubular ware chamber, with lower extreme serving as firebox. ...

lamination

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A fault structure in clay before or after firing where the clay is aligned in layered clusters.

wheel-wedging

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Working the clay up and down in a cone shape on the wheel to align the platelates in a spiral formation and thus increase control in centering and throwing.