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Bas relief is a form of sculpture in which the objects protrude above the flat background surface. Click to open Glossary. Clay slabs are made by rolling or pressing pieces of clay flat for use in hand-building. Click to open Glossary. Tagboard is used to for templates for guiding the formation of clay slabs for hand-building. Click to open Glossary. Template is a master guide for cutting and shaping clay slabs for hand-building. Click to open Glossary. Kiln is an oven or furnace that supplies high temperatures needed for the vitrification of ceramic works. Click to open Glossary. Glaze is colored or clear liquid coating applied to ceramic works for decoration or seal. Click to open Glossary. Click for more details of this work.Cold finishes are various decorative embellishments applied after firing is complete. 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 state by exposure to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Drying allows wet raw preworked clay to become leather-hard greenware. Click to open Glossary. Score and slip is a method for joining greenware items together. Click to open Glossary. Template is a master guide to cutting and shaping clay slabs for use in hand-building. Click to open Glossary. Slip is watery clay applied to greenware to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Paper clay is an admixture of clay and paper for use in creating strong, lightweight, hard, durable ceramic art objects by firing to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Stoneware is a type of clay used for making hard, durable, nonporous ceramic objects by firing to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Clay slabs are made by pressing or rolling pieces of clay flat for use in hand-building. Click to open Glossary.