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Hand-building is the method by which ceramic works are formed by the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Porcelain clay is a form of white stoneware clay that is used to make hard, durable, fine-grained, nonporous ceramic objects. Click to open Glossary. Wheel throwing creates ceramic objects from raw clay on a potter's wheel. Click to open Glossary. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high kiln temperatures. Click to open Glossary. Cones are pyramids of clay and glaze that melt and bend at specific temperatures. They are used to determine when optimal temperature is reached for a given work being fired in a kiln. Click to open Glossary. Underglazes are liquid slips applied to the surface of greenware or bisque-fired ceramic works to decorate or seal and make watertight before firing. Click to open Glossary. Incising is a means for treating the surface of a ceramic work by using a sharp instrument to drag, cut or carve shallow lines into leather-hard clay. Click to open Glossary. Clear glaze is a transparent surface treatment. Click to open Glossary. Refiring is a sequential method of repetitive firings at lower and lower temperatures to prevent damage to previously fired glazes. Click to open Glossary. Mother of pearl is a luster glaze used to provide an iridescent coloration to the surface of a ceramic work. Click to open Glossary. Overglazes are applied to previously glazed surfaces for decorative purposes, and fused to that surface at high kiln temperatures. Click to open Glossary. Black Stiletto is a ceramic teapot in the form of a black patten leather purse with siletto heels for feet.