Ceramics And Pottery Terms

Vitrification the firing of pottery to the point of glossification.

Ceramics and pottery terms.

Throwing creating ceramic shapes on the potter s wheel. Transparent glaze transmits light clearly. General term used to describe refractory pieces used to separate and support pottery during firing. Pottery oven or furnace in which ceramic products are fired.

Pinch in ceramics is a method of shaping clay by inserting the thumb of one hand into the clay and lightly pinching with the thumb and fingers while slowly rotating the ball in the palm of the other hand. It also can be used to refer to factories that produce pottery pieces. 1 the art and wares made by potters. Stoneware all ceramic wear fired between 2 100 and 2 300 degrees.

Wedging a method of kneading clay to make it homogenous by cutting and rolling. May be fired by wood coal sawdust electricity or gas. The term used for creating pottery using the potter s wheel is throwing. 2 a ceramic material 3 a place where pottery wares are made.

Although this term is usually used interchangeably with ceramics it more precisely refers to ceramic objects that have a container shape such as pots planters and tureens. Published definitions of pottery include all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed except technical structural and refractory products.