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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flue

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Passages in kiln for flames or exhaust gases.

spray-booth

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Open-front enclosure with an exhaust fan at the rear, designed to draw off all overspray and other toxic dust or fumes.

fluting

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Decorating technique involving carving or forming vertical flutes or grooves in the surface of a piece.

spraying

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Application of liquid slip, engobe, glaze, or stain, using mechanized spray equipment. Gives smooth glaze coating, but with less glaze-pooling in recesses.

flux

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A melting agent causing silica to change into a glaze.

1740 Qianlong Vase

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The 16-inch tall Chinese vase with a fish motif on the front and gold banding on top. It was made for the Emperor Qianlong by a un-known master craftsman in the Imperial kilns and marked with the ...

pottery

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Pottery is the material from which the potteryware is made, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery (plural ...