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Ceramic

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Having to do with clay or glass or making of objects from clay glass

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Slip

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Clay that has been watered down;acts as glue in slip/score technique. Slip a fine, liquid form of clay applied to the surface of a vessel prior to firing. Slip fills in pores and gives uniform color.

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Score

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To draw or make lines into clay.

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Slip/Score Technique

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Method used in hand building to connect two pieces of clay together.

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Wedging

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Is the process of kneading the clay so as to remove air pockets and create uniform consistency of clay

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Coil Method

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One of the oldest ways of forming pottery. Long strands of clay which are laid on top of each other and joined through blending coil to coil. Coil pieces can be almost any shape and any size.

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Stone Ware

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High-firing clay.Stoneware is waterproof even without glaze; the resulting ware is sturdier than earthenware.

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Slab

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A flattened out piece of clay. They are cut to shape and joined together by using scoring and wet clay. Slabs can be draped over or into formsmrolled out cylinders or built-up into geometeric forms.

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Bone Dry

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Clay that is completly dried but not yet fired.

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Green Ware

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A term used to describe un-fired clay objects in general.

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Bisque Ware

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Clay objects that have been fired for the first time and without any glaze applied to them.

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Glaze Ware

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Bisque Ware that has been glazed then fired.

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Fettling Knife

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Is a special knife-tool with a fairly flexible blade for cutting into moist and leather-hard clay.

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Loop Tool

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A special tool with a wooden handle and a wire loop at one or both ends, used for carving and hollowing out clay forms.

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Sprigging-on

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A term used to describe the technique of adding small clay forms as decoration on the surface of pottery forms; also called applied decoration.

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Incising

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Is a decoration technique, created by carving lines into the clay or carving small areas out of the clay but not perforating it.

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Kiln

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A furnace or oven for burning,baking, or drying especially one for calcining lime or firing pottery.

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Element

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The heating coils of an electric kiln.(Tired or burned-out elements which carry too little or no electrical current for producing heat).

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Footing

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The bottom of a piece that rests upon a surface(may be wheel thrown or hand-built). There are two kinds:raised and flushed.

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Firing

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Clay is hardened by heating it to a high temperature,fusing the clay particles.

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Glaze

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Usually glossy coating to the surface of the clay.

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Slip Clay

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Clay in liquid form.

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Bat

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A plaster disk or slab for clay work.

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Casting

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A clay form made for a mold. May also be referred to “plaster castings.”

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Casting Slip
Is liquid clay used in the process of forming objects with molds. Also referred to as "slip."
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China
A term which usually refers to the bone china of England, | but also is associated with vitreous white wares and porcelain.
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Conditioning Coat
(glaze or under glaze): Is a thin coat of color that will soak into the green ware or bisque ware.
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Cone
(Pyrometric cone ) Is a mixture of ceramic material that is designed to soften and bend when the proper mixture of time and temperature is reached in the interior of the kiln.
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Cone Plaque
Is a small clay cone holder used when cones are placed on the shelf of the kiln to stand.
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Cone Temperature
The temperature when the cone will bend to show the kiln's temperature on the shelf.
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Earthenware
A low fire clay body which is fired to maturity at approximate. 2000℉.
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Food-safe
It is an item that has been tested and determined to be safe for usage on surfaces that comes into contact with food or drink.
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Foot
The part of a piece of ceramic on which it sits.
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Gloss
Shiny or glass-like finish.
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Kiln wash
A refractory coating that protects kiln shelves from glaze drips.
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Leather-hard
Green ware that has a wet look, but still is firm.
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Matte
A finish with almost no shine or little shine.
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Opaque
Color that does not allow other colors to show through.
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Peep Holes (vent Holes)
Small holes in the sides of kiln that is used to see viewing cones and also that ventilates the kiln during its fining process.
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Pin Holes
Tiny holes that are on the final surface of a glaze or an underglaze.
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Plasticity
The ability of clay to be formed into to any shape, and still retains the shape.
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Posts (Kiln)
Items that support kiln shelves during the firing, which is made out of refractory material.
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Semi-Matte (SM)
A surface with a satin-like sheen to it.
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Semi-Opaque (SO)
Colors that only allows dark colors to show through.
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Semi-Transparent(ST)
Slightly colored and/or speckled colors which allow most colors to show through.
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Shelf Cone Temperature
The cone temperature that is fired on the shelf of the kiln.
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Sponge
A natural sponge used for cleaning and decorating green ware.
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Transparent
Clear base colors that are free from cloudiness.
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Under Glaze
A color that is usually applied to green ware and is covered with a glaze.
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Vent Holes
Small holes made by puncturing the wet green ware with a needle tool when two pieces of ware have been attached.
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Pinch Pots
The potter opens a hole into the ball and forms a bowl shape through a combination of stroking and pinching the clay.
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Terra Cotta
A brownish orange earthen ware clay commonly used for ceramic sculpture.
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Wheel Thrown
A piece of clay is placed on the potter's wheel head which spins. The clay is shaped by compression while it is in motion.
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Hand Building
Techniques used to build pots using only hands and simple tools.
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Pinch
The method of shaping clay by inserting the thumb of one hand into the clay and lightly pinching with the thumb and fingers while slowly rotating the ball in the palm of the other hand.
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Coil
Is the method of building ceramic forms by rolling out coils, or ropes , of clay and joining them together.
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Molding
Flat slabs are pressed into molds in order to create various shapes or forms.
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Slip
Is liquid form clay.
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Score/Slip Technique
Method used in hand building to connect two pieces of clay together.
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Stage of Dryness
Three basic stages of dryness are wet, leather hard and bone dry.
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Sgraffito
The decorating technique in which leather hard clay is coated with engobe or slip of contrasting color, and then a pattern or picture is carved or scraped off the slip to reveal the clay underneath.
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Wax Resist
A decorative technique in which patterns or designs are created by brushing the wax medium over an area of clay slip, or glaze to resist the final glaze application when the wax is dry.
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Slip Trailing
Is a method in which slip is applied to the green ware through a tube or nozzle.
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Stamping
Is a method of pressing forms into the clay to get decorative effects.
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Majolica
The process of making majolica consists of first firing a piece of earthen ware, then applying a tin enamel which forms a white opaque porous surface on drying. A design is then painted on and a transparent glaze applied. Finally the piece is fired again.
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Mille Fiore
A method of creating designs by folding different colored clay together into rods or bars and then slicing them.
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Firing
The process of heating the pottery to a specific temperature in order to bring about a particular change in the clay or the surface.
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Bisque
A ceramic ware that has been fired once without glaze.
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Green Ware
A ceramic ware that has not been fired.
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Glaze
A glass-like surface coating for ceramics that is used to decorate and seal the pores of the fired clay.
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Reduction
A kiln firing in which there is in sufficient oxygen to consume the free carbon emanating from the heated glaze and clay forming carbon monoxide.
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Oxidation
A kiln firing with a full supply of oxygen.
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Raku
A method of firing pottery that takes a ceramic piece in its raw state and quickly takes the temperature up to 2,000 degrees.
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Mouth
The opening at the top of the vase.
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Neck
The narrower part that leads from the body of the vase to the mouth.
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Body
This is the main part of the vase. It is usually the largest part.
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Foot
This is the part of the vase that meets the floor.

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