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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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bag wall
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Refractory wall in some fuel-burning kilns to deflect heat and flames from direct contact with the wares.
ball clay
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Secondary clays deposited in marshy areas. Very fine particle size, high plasticity, high drying shrinkage, high in organic contaminates. Fire white or off-white.
lye
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Potassium Hydroxide or Sodium Hydroxide. Caustic alkaline soluble which leaches out of wood ashes when they are soaked in water. Occasionally used as a flux additive in terra sigillata, as in the ...
ball mill
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A mechanically revolving vessel in which ceramic materials can be placed along with water and flint pebbles or high-fired porcelain slugs. Used for fine-grinding of clay and glaze materials.
macrocrystalline
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Glaze effect featuring large patches of crystal development on glaze surface, as compared to microcrystalline effects. See CRYSTALLINE GLAZE.
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