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Leather and Lace is a ceramic teapot in the form of a leather purse adorned with lace. Air-brushing delivers thin nebulized liquid coatings by means of an air-spray device. Click to open Glossary. Wheel throwing creates ceramic works from raw clay on a potter's wheel. Click to open Glossary. Stoneware is a type of clay that yields hard, durable, nonporous ceramic objects at high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Hand-building creates ceramic art works entirely by the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is slip applied to greenware to decorate or seal the surface. Click to open Glossary. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high heat in a kiln. 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. Glaze is a liquid coating applied to the surface of ceramic works to decorate or seal it. Click to open Glossary. Air-spray delivers thin nebulized coating to the surface of a ceramic work by an air-spray device. Click to open Glossary. Refiring is repetitive firing at lower and lower temperatures to prevent damage to previously fired glazes. Click to open Glossary. Luster is a coating applied to prefired glazes to impart a metallic sheen. Click to open Glossary.