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Lounge Lizard Oolong is a ceramic teapot in the form of a leather purse with lizard elements. Hand-building creates ceramic art objects entirely by the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Porcelain is a white stoneware that produces hard, durable, nonporous objects at high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Press mold impresses clay into plaster cast to produce a negative image of the original. 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 objects by exposure to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Velvet glaze is applied over prefired glaze to impart a velvet sheen. Click to open Glossary. Refiring involves multiple firings at lower and lower temperatures to prevent damage to prefired glazes. Click to open Glossary. Opalescent glaze is applied to prefired glaze to impart an iridescent sheen. Click to open Glossary. Luster is applied over prefired glaze to impart a metallic sheen. Click to open Glossary. Overglaze is applied over previously fired glaze to provide details. Click to open Glossary.