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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. Press mold impresses clay into plaster casts to make negative images of the original. 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. Stoneware is used to make hard, durable, nonporous ceramic objects by firing to high kiln heat. 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 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. Air-brushing delivers a thin nebulized coating to a ceramic work by means of air-spray device. Click to open Glossary. Refiring involves repetitive firings at lower and lower temperatures to prevent damage to prefired glazes. Click to open Glossary. Luster is liquid coating applied over prefired glazes to impart metallic sheen. Click to open Glossary. Snake Charmer's Basket is a ceramic work in the form of an open basket purse.