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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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slip glaze
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A glaze with slip-clay or earthenware clay contributing the primary flux.
fettling knife
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Long tapered knife useful for trimming cast or pressed pieces, for separating mold components, and for many other clay studio applications.
slip-casting
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
The creation of ceramic forms by casting slip in plaster molds. See ASSISTED TECHNOLOGY.
figure-ground
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
The fundamental design relationship between foreground imagery and background or surrounding area. Foreground shapes subdivide background, creating additional important shapes.
slip-resist
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Decorating technique where resist materials are applied to prevent slip from adhering to some areas.
fillers
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Minerals added to a body to give it rigidity or strength. Quartz and flint are termed as fillers.
slip-trailing
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Application of decoration to wet or leather-hard clay by flowing on lines of slip with a fine pointed dispenser, such as a rubber syringe.
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