Ceramics Terms Definitions

Ceramics definition the art or technology of making objects of clay and similar materials treated by firing.

Ceramics terms definitions.

Casting a means of making multiples of the same form by pouring slip or pressing plastic clay into plaster or bisque molds. A pottery bat is a pottery throwing accessory that enables freshly thrown work to be removed from the throwing wheel without the damage or warpage that can occur from touching the pot directly. A natural material extracted from the earth s crust. 2 a ceramic material 3 a place where pottery wares are made.

When purchasing ceramic pieces it is important to consider the type of glaze in terms of food safety durability and fit with the underlying claybody. 1 the art and wares made by potters. Bone dry the condition of clay when all the water has evaporated. Bat a slab on which clay is handled typically a circle piece that can be attached to a pottery wheel head.

Englobe colored clay slip used to decorate greenwear or leather hard pieces before bisque firing. Check them out here on our ceramic vocabulary web page. Glossary for ceramics bisque refers to pottery that has been fired once and remains unglazed. Glazed pottery is fired to a temperature of 1 830 2 010 degrees fahrenheit.

Walker ceramics australia 5 mclellan st bayswater vic australia 3153 ph. Fire to. Available in red or also white. Published definitions of pottery include all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed except technical structural and refractory products.

30 456 822 810. Need some definitions or descriptions of certain key ceramic terms. Pottery bats also make it possible to return a piece to exact center to work on later. Creation of an object out of clay.

See also claybody glaze fit high temp glaze intermediate glaze low temp glaze. Don t see a word you need to know or understand. 61 3 8761 6344 a b n. Clay and oxide and water.

And 4 the business of the potter. Ceramic definition is of or relating to the manufacture of any product such as earthenware porcelain or brick made essentially from a nonmetallic mineral such as clay by firing at a high temperature. Of or relating to such a product. Glossary of ceramics terms.

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