Ceramic Vocab Terms

This is a list of pottery and ceramic terms.

Ceramic vocab terms. Bagwall the wall on the inside of a fuel burning kiln which deflects the flame from the wear. Glossary of pottery terms. Check them out here on our ceramic vocabulary web page. Wax wax resist melted paraffin or a synthetic wax solution.

Definitions in wiktionary are noted as w. Bats are used to throw pieces on that would be difficult to lift off the wheel head. Batch a mixture of weighed materials such as a batch of glaze or slip or a clay body. May be used as a stain on bisque to bring out textures.

It is a liquid substance painted or dipped on ceramic art to resist water based liquids such as glazes slips or stains. Ceramic coloring oxides mixed with water to the consistency of thin watercolor. Most are stable up to cone 5 many to cone 10. Ceramic colorants that have been fritted in order to eliminate solubility problems and give greater stability in firing and truer color before firing.

Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. Jump to navigation jump to search. Used over or under glazes. The ability of a material to soak up water.

A vocabulary list featuring ceramics. 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. Most stains are ground glass and are highly toxic in. Start studying ceramic vocabulary.

E mail us and we ll add it to the page. Bat a slab on which clay is handled typically a circle piece that can be attached to a pottery wheel head. Can be mixed with 25 50 ferro 3134 frit for maiolica overglaze decoration. Need some definitions or descriptions of certain key ceramic terms.