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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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banding whell

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A revolving wheelhead which sits on a pedestal base. It is turned by hand and used for finishing or decorating pottery.

effloresce

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Formation of crystalline deposits on surface of clay or concrete as soluble compounds migrate to surface during drying. See EGYPTIAN PASTE.

dry- foot

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

To keep the foot or bottom of a pot free from glaze by waxing or removing the glaze.

englobe

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Colored clay slip used to decorate Greenwear or leather hard pieces before bisque firing. Clay and oxide and water.

firebrick

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

An insulation brick used to hold the heat in the kiln and withstand high temperatures.

firing range

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The range of temperature at which a clay becomes mature or a glaze melts.

leather hard

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Stage of the clay between plastic and bone dry. Clay is still damp enough to join it to other pieces using slip. For example, this is the stage handles are applied to mugs.

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