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   CHINESE TAKE-OUT LANTERN
 
   

Chinese Take-Out Lantern is a ceramic work in the form of a take-out container with perforated design to make it into a functional lantern. Hand-building is the process of creating ceramic objects using the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Porcelain is white stoneware clay used to make hard, durable, fine-grained and nonporous objects. Click to open Glossary. Paper clay is an admixture of clay and paper to form a strong, durable material for ceramic objects. Click to open Glossary. Click for details of Doggie Bag. Click for details on this work. Leather-hard state results from allowing preworked raw clay to dry. Click to open Glossary. Extruded strips of clay are formed by an extruder that forces raw clay into different lengths and shapes. Click to open Glossary. Stoneware is a form of clay that is used to create hard, durable, nonporous objects. Click to open Glossary. Firing converts soft greenware into hard ceramic state by exposure to high heat in a kiln. Click to open Glossary. Cone is a pyramid of clay and glaze that melts and bends at a specific temperature, used to determine optimal temperature for a given work being fired in a kiln. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is slip applied to the surface of greenware or bisque-fired ceramic work to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Clear glaze is a transparent coating that fuses with the surface at high kiln temperatures. Click to open Glossary. Refiring is the process of repetitive firing at lower and lower temperatures to prevent damage to underlying previously fired glazes. Click to open Glossary. Opalescent glaze is applied to surfaces to provide an iridescent sheen. Click to open Glossary. Lusters are metallic glazes appled over previously fired glazes to give them a metallic sheen. Click to open Glossary.

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