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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geometric style

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

In ancient Greek ceramics, early pre-Classical (Archaic) style featuring intricate geometric slip decoration.

suspension

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A liquid mix where insoluble particles are distributed throughout without dissolving, and may settle out from gravity, as in a glaze or slip.

Super-cooled liquid, which softens and hardens over broad range of temperature, and cools to form an amorphous, non-crystalline solid. Level and rate of hardness (viscosity) controlled by temperature ...

tailings

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The portion of a material which does not pass thro a sieve or is returned for further processing

glass-former

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The primary material which, in combination with fluxes, forms the glass essential to all fired ceramics. Primary glass-former at all temperatures is silica.