Ceramics And Pottery Terms

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Ceramics and pottery terms.

Vitrification the firing of pottery to the point of glossification. Pinch in ceramics is a 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. Although this term is usually used interchangeably with ceramics it more precisely refers to ceramic objects that have a container shape such as pots planters and tureens. Stoneware all ceramic wear fired between 2 100 and 2 300 degrees.

Wedging a method of kneading clay to make it homogenous by cutting and rolling. It also can be used to refer to factories that produce pottery pieces. Pottery oven or furnace in which ceramic products are fired. And 4 the business of the potter.

1 the art and wares made by potters. 2 a ceramic material 3 a place where pottery wares are made. For example clay has chemically bonded water in it which will cause it to slake down disintegrate when a dried clay object is put in water. Technically ceramics are those things made from materials which are permanently changed when heated.

General term used to describe refractory pieces used to separate and support pottery during firing. The term used for creating pottery using the potter s wheel is throwing.