Ceramic Terms Definitions

Stoneware all ceramic wear fired between 2 100 and 2 300 degrees.

Ceramic terms definitions.

Vitrification the firing of pottery to the point of glossification. Ceramic insulating material composed of spun kaolin fibers available in blanket form braided tape rigid board and tubular flue liners. Basic ceramic terms ceramics. This resource is a fantastic starter activity to consolidate the learning of ceramic terms.

See also claybody glaze fit high temp glaze intermediate glaze low temp glaze. 30 456 822 810. Terms in this set 38 ceramics. They withstand chemical erosion that occurs in other materials subjected to acidic or caustic environments.

Just print and laminate the sheets cut them out and then in half and you re good to go. Definitions in wiktionary are noted as w. There are 16 definitions included but of course you can pick and choose which ones you use. Students work in groups to match the word with the definition.

E mail us and we ll add it to the page. Bat a slab on which clay is handled typically a circle piece that can be attached to a pottery wheel head. Walker ceramics australia 5 mclellan st bayswater vic australia 3153 ph. A heating chamber for maturing clay and glazes.

The uppermost part of a pot. Check them out here on our ceramic vocabulary web page. Wedging a method of kneading clay to make it homogenous by cutting and rolling. The composition if clay particles renders a plastic quality which means it deforms under pressure and retains a new.

This is a list of pottery and ceramic terms. 61 3 8761 6344 a b n. Creation of an object out of clay. A ceramic material is an inorganic non metallic often crystalline oxide nitride or carbide material.

A class of ceramic artifacts in which clay is formed into containers by hand or in molds or with a potter s wheel often decorated and fired. A natural material extracted from the earth s crust. Throwing creating ceramic shapes on the potter s wheel. The removing of wares from a kiln.

61 3 8761 6322 fax. 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. Don t see a word you need to know or understand. Objects made from clay or other combinations of minerals fired at high temperature.

Need some definitions or descriptions of certain key ceramic terms. Transparent glaze transmits light clearly. Highest insulating rating of standard refractories but can release carcinogenic fibers.