Ceramic Terms Definitions

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Ceramic terms definitions.

Students work in groups to match the word with the definition. Creation of an object out of clay. The uppermost part of a pot. A natural material extracted from the earth s crust.

Terms in this set 38 ceramics. 61 3 8761 6344 a b n. Wedging a method of kneading clay to make it homogenous by cutting and rolling. 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. A heating chamber for maturing clay and glazes. 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. Objects made from clay or other combinations of minerals fired at high temperature.

30 456 822 810. This is a list of pottery and ceramic terms. Don t see a word you need to know or understand. 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.

Transparent glaze transmits light clearly. A glass coating on a ceramic piece. The removing of wares from a kiln. Check them out here on our ceramic vocabulary web page.

Some elements such as carbon or silicon may be considered ceramics ceramic materials are brittle hard strong in compression and weak in shearing and tension. Basic ceramic terms ceramics. A ceramic material is an inorganic non metallic often crystalline oxide nitride or carbide material. See also claybody glaze fit high temp glaze intermediate glaze low temp glaze.

Definitions in wiktionary are noted as w. This resource is a fantastic starter activity to consolidate the learning of ceramic terms. Throwing creating ceramic shapes on the potter s wheel. Stoneware all ceramic wear fired between 2 100 and 2 300 degrees.

E mail us and we ll add it to the page. Need some definitions or descriptions of certain key ceramic terms. Just print and laminate the sheets cut them out and then in half and you re good to go. They withstand chemical erosion that occurs in other materials subjected to acidic or caustic environments.

Bat a slab on which clay is handled typically a circle piece that can be attached to a pottery wheel head. There are 16 definitions included but of course you can pick and choose which ones you use. The composition if clay particles renders a plastic quality which means it deforms under pressure and retains a new.