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features archive pottery video archive browse topics glossary faq about us This ceramics glossary is compiled from information found in Vince Pitelka's Clay: A Studio Handbook.
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acids
In clay and glaze chemistry, the glass-formers, which combine with bases (fluxes) and neutrals (refractories or stabilizers). Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
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additive a
A wood-extract product used as a clay additive to give greater plasticity, increase dry strength, and improve workability. Especially effective in bodies with a high percentage of kaolins. Does not change color of clay. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
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agateware
Wares featuring swirling marbleized colors, resulting either from surface slip effects or marbleized colored clays.
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air-floated; air-floating
Industrial method used in processing of raw clays, where powdered clay is floated in an airstream to settle out heavier particles. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
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air-set; air-setting
Castable refractory or mortar, which becomes hard and strong while still damp as a result chemical interaction with water. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
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air-shutter
Adjustable shutter on the rear opening of an atmospheric burner, or on the blower intake of a power burner, used to regulate entrainment of primary air. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
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albany slip clay
Traditional dark brown slip clay used as liner-glaze in high-fired Early American wares. No longer being mined—use Alberta slip. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
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alberta slip clay
Substitute for Albany slip. Highly fluxed with iron—true slip clay—will form glaze at HT. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
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