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   SWEET TEAKER
 
   

Sweet teaker is a ceramic teapot in the form of a black sneaker with a Chihuahua puppy emerging. Hand-building creates ceramic art works entirely by the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Stoneware is a type of clay used to make hard, durable, nonporous ceramic object by firing at 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. Click for more details on this work. Click for more details on this work. Extruded strips of clay are made by an extruder in various lengths and patterns. Click to open Glossary. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is slip applied to greenware to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Luster is liquid coating applied over prefired glaze to impart a metallic sheen. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative Process

Creative process illustrated. Stoneware is a type of clay used to make hard, durable, nonporous ceramic works by firing at high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Click for more details on this work. Click for more details on this work. Clay slabs are made by rolling or pressing pieces of clay flat for use in hand-building. Click to open Glossary. Press mold impresses clay into plaster casts for making negative images of the original. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is slip applied to greenware to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary.

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