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20 Cards in this Set
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Bat
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A disk or slab made of plaster or board on which pottery is formed or dried
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Wareboard
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A wooden board used for hand-work
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Bisque Fire
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Preliminary firing prior to glazing and subsequent to firing at a higher temperature
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Bone dry
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Completely dry greenware ready for first firing
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Dipping
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Physically dip piece in glaze
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Greenware
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Pottery which has not been fired
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Kiln
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A furnace made of refractory clay materials for firing ceramic products
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Leather Hard
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Firm but moist clay about midway in the drying process
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Matte Glaze
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Not shiny
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Gloss Glaze
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Shiny and always sticks to the kiln shelf
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Earthenware
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Pottery fired in the lower range (cone 06 - cone 07)
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Dry foot
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To clean the bottom of a glazed piece before firing
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Stoneware
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A high-fired ware (cone 6-8) with slight or no absorbency. It is usually gray in color but may turn tan or reddish in a reduction firing
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Bisqueware
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Unglazed pieces which have been fired one time in preparation for glazing.
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Raku firing
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A low fire process originating in Japan. Involves placing bisqueware in a kiln that is up to temperature; removing ware when mature and placing it in a carbon-rich atmosphere. Use of organic matter and quenching is common
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Slip
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A very, wet soupy clay
(2 kinds: liquid clay for attaching and a glaze for decorating) |
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Throwing
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Forming pottery of plastic clay on a potter's wheel
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Example of low fire cone
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Cone 04
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Example of high fire cone
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Cone 10
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What is art?
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The expression of human creative skill and imagination
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