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Vocabulary of Long Nguyen Flashcards

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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

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Slip

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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 together

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Wedging

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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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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 can be any shape or size

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Stoneware

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High-fire 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

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Bone dry

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Clay that complete dry but not fire yet

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Green ware

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term used to describe unfired clay object in general

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Bisque Glaze

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clay object that have been fired for 1 time without glaze

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Glaze Ware

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bisque ware that has been glazed the fired

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Felting knife

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Special knife-like tool with a fairly flexible blade for cutting into moist or leather-hard clay

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Loop tool

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Tool with a wooden handle and wire loop at once or both ends. used for carving and hollowing out clay forms

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Sprigging-On

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

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Incising

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Decoration technique created by carving lines into clay or carving small areas out of the clay but not perforating it

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Klin

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Fro heating clay to temperature necessary to make it permanently hared like stone, kiln can b electric, natural gas , wood , coal, fuel. oil or propane

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Eelement

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heating coil of an electric klin

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Footing

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bottom of a piece that rest upon a surface

2 kinds : raised and flush

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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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glass-forming chemicals usually with colorants added

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Slip Clay

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Clay in liquid form

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Bat

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Plaster disk or slab for clay work

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Casting

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clay form made from a mold. May also be referred to plaster casting

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Casting Slip

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liquid clay used in the process of forming object with molds. Also referred to as slip

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china

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term which usually refers to the bone china of England

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conditioning coat

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thin coat of color that will soak into the green ware or bisque ware

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cone

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mixture of ceramic materials that designed to soften and bend when the proper mixture of time and temperature is reached in the interior of the klin

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cone plaque

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small clay cone holder used when cones are placed on the shelf of the kiln stand

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cone temperature

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the mixture of time and temperature at which the cone will bend to show the kilns temperature on the shelf

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earthenware

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low-fire clay body which is fired to maturity at approx. 2000 F

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food-safe

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product that has been test an determined to be safe for use on surfaces which come in contact with food or dink

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foot

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the base or the part of the piece of ceramic on which it rests

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gloss

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shiny, glass-like fish

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kiln wash

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refractory coating applied to the top of the kiln shelves to protect them from glaze drips

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leather-hard

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green ware that is allowed to become firm but still retains its wet look

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matte

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a soft finish with little or no shine

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opaque

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color which does not allow other color to show trough

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peep holes

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small holes in the side of a kiln used to viewing shelf cones and ventilating the kiln during the firing process

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pin holes

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tiny holes in the final surface finish of a glaze or underglaze

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plasticity

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refers to the ability of clay to be formed into shape and retain it

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posts

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articles made of refractory material which support kiln shelves during firing

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semi-opaque

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color which generally allow only dark colors or show through

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semi-matte

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a satin like surface which has a slight sheen to it

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semi-transparent

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slightly colored and or speckled colors which allow most color to show trough with only slight distortions

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shelf cone temperature

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cone temperature that is fired on the shelf of a kiln the amount of heating the ware actually receives

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sponge

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usually refers to a natural sponge used for cleaning and decorating green ware there are also synthetic sponges available for ceramics

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transparent

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clear base colors which are free form cloudiness or distortion

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under glaze

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color which is usually applied to green ware and in most cases is covered with glaze

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vent holes

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small holes made by puncturing the wet green ware with a needle tool when 2 pieces of ware have attached, small holes allow air and gases to escape during firing, also refers to the peep holes in the side of the kiln

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pinch pots

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staring with ball of clay the potter opens a hole into the ball and forms a bowl shape through a combination of stroking and pinching the clay many coil built pieces are constructed on top of a pinches bottom

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terra cotta

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brownish-orange earthenware clay body commonly used for ceramic

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wheel thrown

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term throw comes form Old England mean spin. Piece of clay is placed on a potter’s wheel head which spins, clay been shape in this motion

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handbuilding

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term refers to the one of several techniques of building pots using only hand and simple tools rather than the potter’s wheel.

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pinch

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ceramics method of shaping clay by inserting the thumb on 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

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technique of building ceramic forms by rolling out coils, or ropes of clay and joining them together with the fingers or a tools

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molding

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technique flat slabs of clay are preseed into molds in order to create various shapes or forms

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slip

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liquid clay, easiest way to make slip is to gradually sift or spoon dry powder clay into small cup of water

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stages of dryness

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speaking of clay we refer to 3 basics stages of dryness wet leather hard and bone dry

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sgraffito

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decorating technique developed centuries ago

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wax resist

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decorative method. Slip applied to the green ware through a tube or nozzle much like icing a cake

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majolica

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type of faience usually associated with wares produced in Spain, Italy and Mexico. The process of making majolica consists of first firing a piece of earthenware

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Mille Fiore

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method of creating designs by folding different colored clays together into rods or bars

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firing

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process of heating the pottery to a specific temperature in prder to bring about a particular change in the clay or the surface

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bisque

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term bisque refers to ceramic ware that has been fired once without glaze

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glaze

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glass-like surface coating for ceramic that is used to decorate and seak the pores of the fired clay

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reduction

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kiln fireing in which there is insufficient oxugen to consume the free carbon emanating form the heated glaze and clay resulting in the formain of carbin monoxide

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oxidation

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kiln firing with full supply of oxygen

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raku

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method of firing pottery that takes a ceramic piece in its raw state green ware and quickly

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mouth

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opening at top of a vase

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neck

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narrower part that leads from the body of the xase to the mouth

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body

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main part of the vase, its usually a largest part

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foot

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part of clay that meets the floor

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