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Hand-building creates ceramic art works entirely by the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Stoneware clay is used to make hard, durable, nonporous ceramic works by firing to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Press mold impresses clay into plaster cast to make negative images of the original. Click to open Glossary. Wheel throwing makes ceramic objects from raw clay on a potter's wheel. 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 ceramic works being fired in a kiln. Click to open Glossary. Air-spray is used to deliver a thin nebulized layer of liquid to the surface of ceramic object to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Refiring involves repetitive firing at lower and lower temperatures to prevent damage to prefired glazes. Click to open Glossary. Opalescent luster is applied over prefired galze to impart an iridescent sheen. Click to open Glossary. Luster is a liquid coating applied over a prefired glaze to impart a metallic sheen. Click to open Glossary. Shouldered teabag is a ceramic teapot in the form of a leather shoulder bag.Shouldered teabag is a ceramic teapot in the form of a leather shoulder bag.