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Click for enlarged views. Opalescent glaze is applied over previously fired glaze to impart an iridescent sheen. Click to open Glossary. Refiring is a process of repetitive firing at lower and lower temperatures to prevent damage to previously fired glazes. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is a slip applied to greenware to decorate or seal the surface. 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. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high temperature in a kiln. Click to open Glossary. Press mold is a process by which clay is impressed into casts to make negative forms from the original. Click to open Glossary. Press mold is a process by which clay is impressed into casts to make negative forms from the original. Click to open Glossary. Porcelain is white stoneware that is used to create hard, durable, fine-grain, nonporous ceramic works at high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Stoneware is a type of clay that yields hard, durable, nonporous ceramic works after firing to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Hand-building creates ceramic art works entirely by the artist's hands or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Cold finishes are a variety of decorative embellishments applied after firing is completed. Click to open Glossary. Jack in the Box is a ceramicc sculpture with a Jack Russell puppy emerging from a decorated box. Overglaze is used to provide details to prefired glazes. Click to open Glossary.

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