Ceramic Vocab Terms

A vocabulary list featuring ceramics.

Ceramic vocab terms.

E mail us and we ll add it to the page. Ceramic coloring oxides mixed with water to the consistency of thin watercolor. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. Wax wax resist melted paraffin or a synthetic wax solution.

Bats are used to throw pieces on that would be difficult to lift off the wheel head. Other ceramic forming processes include. Bat a slab on which clay is handled typically a circle piece that can be attached to a pottery wheel head. It is a liquid substance painted or dipped on ceramic art to resist water based liquids such as glazes slips or stains.

This is a list of pottery and ceramic terms. Start studying ceramic vocabulary. May be used as a stain on bisque to bring out textures. Most stains are ground glass and are highly toxic in.

Bat a flat disc made out of plaster wood or plastic which is affixed to the wheel head with clay or pins. Glossary of pottery terms. Dry pressing isostatic pressing roll compaction continuous tape casting slip casting extrusion injection molding pre sinter machining hot pressing hot isostatic pressing grinding lapping and polishing. Check them out here on our ceramic vocabulary web page.

Most are stable up to cone 5 many to cone 10. Bagwall the wall on the inside of a fuel burning kiln which deflects the flame from the wear. Ceramic colorants that have been fritted in order to eliminate solubility problems and give greater stability in firing and truer color before firing. Definitions in wiktionary are noted as w.

Batch a mixture of weighed materials such as a batch of glaze or slip or a clay body. Jump to navigation jump to search. Don t see a word you need to know or understand. Need some definitions or descriptions of certain key ceramic terms.