Mr. Bowman's terms Word Scramble
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terms | definitions |
kiln | furnace for firing clay |
bisque | clay which has been fired once, unglazed |
foot | base of a ceramic piece |
ceramics | art of clay |
earthware | clay that matures at a low temperature but remains porous |
glaze | glass-like coating fusion bonded to a ceramic surface by heat |
flux | a substance which promotes the melting of silica in a glaze |
stilt | a ceramic tripod used to support glazed ware in a kiln during firing |
slip | suspension of glaze materials in water |
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 |
kaolin | the anglicized form of the Chinese term for clay. |
glaze fire | a cycle during which glaze materials are heated sufficiently to melt and form a glassy surface coating when cooled |
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 |
raku | a technique of rapidly firing low temperature glazed bisque ware |
underglaze | a colored decoration applied on raw or bisque ware before the glaze is applied |
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