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   TEAHORSE SEABAG
 
   

Teahorse Seabag is a ceramic teapot adorned with seahorses. Hand-building creates ceramic art objects entirely by the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Stoneware is a type of clay used to produce hard, durable, nonporous ceramic objects by firing to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Press mold impresses clay into plaster casts to make negative images of the original. Click to open Glossary. Tagboard is used to make templates to guide the cutting and shaping of clay slabs for use in hand-building. 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. Air-brushing delivers thin nebulized coating to the surface of a ceramic work to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is slip applied to greenware to decorate or seal the surface. Click to open Glossary. Refiring involves repetitive firings at lower and lower temperatures to prevent damage to prefired glazes. Click to open Glossary. China paints are colored liquid coatings applied over prefired glazes to enhance coloration. Click to open Glossary. Opalescent luster is a coating applied over prefired glazes to impart an iridescent sheen. Click to open Glossary. Mother of pearl luster is applied over prefired glazes to impart an iridescent sheen. Click to open Glossary. Luster is a liquid coating over prefired glazes to impart a metallic sheen. Click to open Glossary. Overglaze is a liquid coating applied over prefired glazes to provide details. Click to open Glossary.

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