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   MOO SHU SHIH TZU
 
   

Air-brushing delivers a thin nebulized coating to a ceramic surface by means of an air-spray device. Click to open Glossary. Cone is a pyramid of clay that bends at a specific temperature, used to ensure optimal temperature of a ceramic work being fired in a kiln. Click to open Glossary. Press mold impresses clay into a plaster mold to make a negative image of the original. Click to open Glossary. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high heat in a kiln. Click to open Glossary. Opalescent glaze is applied over prefired glaze to impart an opalescent sheen. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is a slip applied to greenware to decorate or seal it. Click to open Glossary. Hand-building creates ceramic works entirely by the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Fimo is polymer clay that hardens by firing in a kiln. Click to open Glossary. Refiring involves repetitive firing at lower and lower temperatures to prevent damage to prefired glazes. Click to open Glossary. Moo Shu Shih Tzu is a ceramic sculpture in the form of a Chinese take-out container from which emerges a Shih Tzu puppy. Extruded strips of clay are made in various lengths and shape by means of an extruder for use in hand-building. Click to open Glossary. Stoneware is a type of clay that yields hard, durable, nonporous ceramic objects when fired at high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative Process

Creative Process illustrated. Hand-building creates ceramic art works entirely by the artist's hand alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Stoneware is a type of clay that forms hard, durable, nonporous ceramic art works by firing at high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Extruded strips of clay are made by an extruder in various lengths and shapes for use in hand-building. Click to open Glossary. Air-brushing applies a thin nebulized coating to the surface of ceramic works by means of an air-spray device. Click to open Glossary. Press mold impresses clay into clay mold to make negative images of the original. Click to open Glossary. Press mold impresses clay into clay mold to make negative images of the original. Click to open Glossary. Click for more details on this work.

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