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Click for enlargements. Hand-building refers to works made entirely by the artist's hands or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Stoneware is a form of clay that yields hard, durable, nonporous ceramic works when fired to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Extruded strips of clay are made by an extruder in various lengths and designs. Click to open Glossary. Press mold uses plaster cast to form negative replicas of the original surface or form. Click to open Glossary. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Cone is a pyramid of clay that bends at a specific temperature, used to ensure optimal temperature for a ceramic work being fired in a kiln. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is a slip applied to greenware or bisque-fired ceramic work to seal or decorate its surface. Click to open Glossary. Cold finishes include various decorative embellishments added after firings are completed. Click to open Glossary. Overglaze is a liquid coating applied over previously fired glaze to provide added details. Click to open Glossary. Got Tea? is a ceramic teapot in the form of a partially crushed milk container with bovine features.

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Creative Process

Click for more process details. Hand-building is the process of making ceramic works entirely by the artist's hand or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Ceramic refers to clay objects worked, decorated and fired by exposure to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Click for details of this work. Creative process illustrated.

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Click for more process details. Extruded strips of clay are made by an extruder in various lengths and design. Click to open Glossary. Press mold uses plaster cast to make negative forms from the original. Click to open Glossary. Creative process illustrated. Creative process illustrated.

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Click for more process details. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Creative process illustrated. Creative process illustrated.

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Click for more process details. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is slip applied to greenware or bisque-fired ceramic works to seal or decorate the surface. Click to open Glossary. Gloss is a shiny glaze applied to the surface of a ceramic work. Click to open Glossary. Glaze is a liquid coating used to decorate or seal a surface of a ceramic work. Click to open Glossary. Creative process illustrated.

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Click for more process details. Undeglaze is a slip applied to greenware or bisque-fired ceramic work to seal or decorate its surface. Click to open Glossary. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Creative process illustrated.

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Click for detailed views. Cold finishes are a variety of decorative embellishments added after firing is complete. Click to open Glossary. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high heat in a kiln. Click to open Glossary. Creative process illustrated. Creative process illustrated.

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