Mr. Bowman's ceramics terms
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| kiln | furnace for firing clay
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| bisque | clay which has been fired once, unglazed
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| foot | base of a ceramic piece
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| ceramics | art of clay
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| earthware | clay that matures at a low temperature but remains porous
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| glaze | glass-like coating fusion bonded to a ceramic surface by heat
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| flux | a substance which promotes the melting of silica in a glaze
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| stilt | a ceramic tripod used to support glazed ware in a kiln during firing
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| slip | suspension of glaze materials in water
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| cone | small triangle made of cermic materials that are compound to bend and melt at specific temperatures. Serves as time'temperature indicator of heat work in a kiln
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| kaolin | the anglicized form of the Chinese term for clay.
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| glaze fire | a cycle during which glaze materials are heated sufficiently to melt and form a glassy surface coating when cooled
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| leater-hard | the condition of raw clay ware when most of the moisture has evaporated leaving it still soft enough to be carved or joined to other pieces
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| raku | a technique of rapidly firing low temperature glazed bisque ware
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| underglaze | a colored decoration applied on raw or bisque ware before the glaze is applied
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