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   CARRYING-ON PUGGAGE
 
   

Carrying-On Puggage is a ceramic teapot in the form of a piece of luggage from which emerge two Pugs. Cold finishes are added to provide decorative touches after firing is completed. Click to open Glossary. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high kiln temperatures. Click to open Glossary. Hand-building creates ceramic works by the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Altering modifies the shape of a thrown object by hand or simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Stoneware is a form of clay used to create hard, durable, nonporous ceramic works by firing to high kiln temperatures. Click to open Glossary. Press mold uses cast or mold made in plaster from an original form to make a negative image or form of the original. Click to open Glossary. Wheel throwing creates objects from raw clay on a potter's wheel. Click to open Glossary. Click for more details. Cone is a pyramid of clay and glaze that bends at specific temperature, used to determine optimal temperature for a given ceramic work being fired in a kiln. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is a liquid slip applied to greenware or bisque-fired ceramic work to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Opalescent glaze imparts an iridescent sheen after firing to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Overglaze is applied in liquid form over previously glazed surfaces to provide additional decorative details. Click to open Glossary. Lusters are overglazes used to give the surface a metallic sheen. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative Process   

Creative process illustrated. Click for details of this work. Hand-building is the process of creating ceramic works by the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary.

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Back to top       Creative process illustrated. Altering modifies the shape of an object thrown on a wheel by hands or simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Wheel throwing creates objects from raw clay on a potter's wheel. Click to open Glossary.  

Creative process illustrated. Wheel throwing is the process of creating an object from raw clay on a potter's wheel. Click to open Glossary. Altering modifies the shape of an object thrown on a potter's wheel by hand or simple tools. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative process illustrated. Press mold uses a cast of an original object to make a negative image or form of the original. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative process illustrated. Press mold uses a cast or mold to form negative image or form of the original. Click to open Glossary. Press mold uses a cast or mold to form negative image or form of the original. Click to open Glossary. Drying is the process of dessication that converts soft raw preworked clay to leather-hard greenware. Click to open Glossary. Firing is the process of converting soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high kiln temperatures. Click to open Glossary. Cone is a pyramid of clay and glaze that bends at specific temperature, used to determine optimal temperature for a given ceramic work being fired in a kiln. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative process illustrated. Firing is the process of converting soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high heat in a kiln. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is a slip applied to the surface of greenware or bisque-fired ceramic to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary.

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Back to top       Creative process illustrated. Underglazing applies slip to the surface of greenware or bisque-fired ceramic work to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Firing converts soft greenware to ceramic state by exposure to high kiln temperatures. Click to open Glossary. Opalescent liquid glaze is applied to a surface to yield an iridescent sheen after fiiring to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Overglaze is applied to previously glazed surfaces to give more decorative detail. Click to open Glossary. Luster is an overglaze applied to a surface to give it a metallic sheen. Click to open Glossary. Cold finishes include a number of decorative methods added after firing is completed. Click to open Glossary.  

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