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   RUBY SIPPER
 
   

Ruby Sipper is a ceramic teapot in the form of a ruby-colored basket purse with slipper feet. Ceramic is the term applied to preworked clay that has been vitrified by firing to high kiln temperatures. 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 slip applied to greenware to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Overglaze is a colored liquid coating applied to prefired glaze to provide details. Click to open Glossary. Clear glaze is transparent coating applied to ceramic works to protect or seal. Click to open Glossary. Luster is a liquid coating applied to prefired glaze to impart a metallic sheen. Click to open Glossary. Refiring involves repetitive firing at lower and lower temperatures to prevent damage to prefired glazes. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative Process

Creative process illustrated. Press mold impresses clay into plaster casts to make negative images of the original. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative process illustrated. Wheel throwing creates ceramic objects from raw clay on a potter's wheel. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative process illustrated. 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.

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Creative process illustrated. Underglaze is slip applied to greenware for decoration or seal. Click to open Glossary. Glaze is colored or transparent liquid coating applied to decorate or seal. 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. Overglaze is a coating applied to prefired glaze to provide details. Click to open Glossary. Opalescent luster is a coating applied to prefired glaze to impart an iridescent sheen. Click to open Glossary. Luster is a liquid coating applied to prefired glaze to impart a metallic sheen. Click to open Glossary. Clear glaze applies a transparent coating to the surface of ceramic works to seal or protect. Click to open Glossary. Creative process illustrated. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. China paints are applied over prefired glaze to enhance coloration. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative process illustrated. China paints are applied over prefired glaze to enhance coloration. Click to open Glossary.

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