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Ceramic Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Having to do with clay or glass or the making of objects from clay or glass.

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Ceramic

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Clap that has been watered down and used as glue. It is in the slip/score technique. (Liquid form of clay)

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Slip

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Method used in hand building to connect two pieces of clay together.

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Slip/Score Technique

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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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Wedging

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Long strands of clay are laid on top of each other and joined from blending coil to coil.

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Coil Method

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High-fire clay. Waterproof even without glaze, sturdier than earthenware.

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Stoneware

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7
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Flatten out piece of clay achieved by rolling pin or slab roller. Joined together by scoring and slip. There are various uses for this.

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Slab

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8
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Clay that is completely dried but not yet fired.

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Bone Dry

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9
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A term used to describe unfired clay objects in general

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Greenware

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10
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Clay Objects that have been fired for the first time and without any glaze applied to them.

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Bisque Ware

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11
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Bisque ware that has been glazed then fired

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Glaze Ware

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12
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A special tool with a wooden handle and a wire loop at one or both ends, used for carving and hollowing out clay forms.

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Loop Tool

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Used to describe the technique of adding small clay forms as decoration on the surface of pottery forms; also called applied decoration.

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Sprigging-On

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14
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Decoration technique, created by carving lines into the clay or carving small areas out of the clay but not perforating it.

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Incising

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A furnace that heats clay. They can be electric, natural gas, wood, coal, fuel oil, or propane. Materials that go in this can effect the product.

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Kiln

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16
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The heating coils of an electric kiln

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Element

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17
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The bottom of a piece that rests upon a surface. Two kinds: Raised and flush.

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Footing

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18
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Clay is hardened by heating it to a high temperature. Has two basic atmospheres: Oxidation and reduction.

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Firing

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19
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Glass-forming chemicals, usually with colorants added, that applied in liquid form to bisque ware and fired in a kiln, forms a glossy coating.

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Glaze

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20
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Clay in liquid form

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Slip Clay

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21
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A plaster disk or slab for clay work

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Bat

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22
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A clay form made from a mold. May also be referred to as “plaster castings”

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Casting

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23
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Is liquid clay used in the process of forming objects with molds. Referred to as “slip”

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Casting Slip

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24
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A term which usually refers to the bone china of England, but also is associated with vitreous white wares and porcelain.

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China

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25
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Glaze or underglaze. Thin coat of color that will soak in the ware.

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Conditioning Coatq

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26
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Mixture of ceramic materials that is designed to soften and bend, indicating when there is a proper mixture of time and temperature.

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Cone

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27
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Small clay cone holder used when cones are placed on the shelf of the kiln to stand.

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Cone Plaque

28
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Mixture of time and temperature at which the cone will bend to show the kiln’s temperature on the shelf.

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Cone Temperature

29
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A low-fire clay body which is fired to maturity at approx. 2000 F.

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Earthenware

30
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A product that has been tested to be safe for eating food or drinking water with it.

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Food-Safe

31
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Base or part of the piece that the ceramic rests on

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Foot

32
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Shiny, glass-like finish

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Gloss

33
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Refractory coating applied to the top of the kiln shelves to protect them from glaze drips.

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Kiln Wash

34
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Greenware that is allowed to become firm but still retains its wet look.

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Leather-Hard

35
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A soft finish with little or no shine

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Matte

36
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Color which does not allow other colors to show through

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Opaque

37
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Small holes in the side of a kiln used for viewing shelf cones and ventilating the kiln during the firing process.

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Pin Holes

38
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Ability of clay to be formed into a shape and retain it

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Plasticity

39
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Articles made of refractory material which support kiln shelves during firing

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Posts

40
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Satin-like surface with a slight sheen

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Semi-Matte

41
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Colors which generally allow only dark colors to show through

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Semi-Opaque

42
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Slightly colored or speckled colors which allow most colors to show through with only slight distortions

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Semi-Transparent

43
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Cone temperature fired on shelf. Amount of heating the ware receives

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Shelf Cone Temperature

44
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Sponge used for cleaning and decorating greenware. Synthetic sponges.

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Sponge

45
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Clear base colors which are free from cloudiness or distortion.

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Transparent

46
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A color which is usually applied to greenware and in most cases is covered with a glaze.

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Under Glaze

47
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Small holes made by puncturing wet greenware. Allows air and gases to escape.

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Vent Holes

48
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Pots made by pinching.

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Pinch Pots

49
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Brownish-orange earthenware clay body

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Terra cotta

50
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Spinning on the potter’s wheel.

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Wheel Thrown

51
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Using hands and simple tools to make pottery

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Handbuilding

52
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Method of shaping clay by pinching.

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Pinch

53
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Flat slabs of clay are pressed into molds

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Molding

54
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Method of joining two pieces of clay together

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Score and Slip

55
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How dry the clay is

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Stages of Dryness

56
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Decorating technique developed centuries ago. Leather-hard clay is coated with an engobe or slip of color and a pattern is then carved into or scraped off.

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Sgraffito

57
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Patterns created by brushing a wax medium over an area of clay, slip, or glaze to resist the final glaze application when the wax is dry.

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Wax Resist

58
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Decoration method where slip is applied to greenware through a tube or nozzle.

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Slip Trailing

59
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Pressing forms into the clay to get decorations

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Stamping

60
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A faience, associated with wares produced in Spain, Italy, and Mexico.

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Majolica

61
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Method of creating designs by folding different colored clays together into rods, then slicing them.

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Mille Fiore

62
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Forms color changes, a type of kiln. Results in oxygen starved carbon that pulls oxygen from clay body to show color changes.

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Reduction

63
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A kiln firing with oxygen.

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Oxidation

64
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Method of firing pottery. Takes ceramic piece in its raw state, greenware, and takes the temperature up to 2000 degrees.

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Raku

65
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Opening of a vase

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Mouth

66
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Narrower part that leads from body to mouth

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Neck

67
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Main part of the vase, largest part.

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Body

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