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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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slumping
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Process of creating ceramic wares with a slump-mold. Firing defect where glassy-phase begins to dissolve sintered structure in clay, causing it to sag and deform.
slump-mold
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A mold over which a moist clay slab is slumped in order to create a vessel form.
filter pressing
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Process used to change slip into solid clay. Clay slip is forced thro a special cloth to remove water.
slurry
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Very thick clay slip, often used for joining clay pieces after scoring surfaces.
fire clay
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Highly refractory secondary clays with minimal fluxes and usually fairly coarse particle size - Low shrinkage, buff-color, often non-plastic.
soak
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Allowing the pottery to remain at the peak temperature for a time period. This allows all positions in the kiln to reach approx the same temperature
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