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   TEA-NIE WEENIE
 

 

  

Tea-nie Weenie is a ceramic teapot in the form of a Dachshund ensheathed in Western tooled leather. 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. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure to high heat in a kiln. 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. Glaze is colored or clear liquid coating applied to a ceramic work to decorate or seal its surface. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is slip applied to greenware 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. Overglaze is liquid coating applied over prefired glazes to provide details. Click to open Glossary. Air-brushing delivers thin nebulized liquid coating to a ceramic work to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Luster is a liquid coating applied over prefired glazes to impart a metallic sheen. Click to open Glossary. Clear glaze is transparent coating applied to a ceramic work to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Cold finishes are a variety of decorative embellilshments applied to ceramic work after firing is complete. Click to open Glossary. Baroque gilding is application of gold leaf to the surface of a ceramic work as cold finish. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative Process

Creative process illustrated. Glaze is colored or clear liquid coating applied to a ceramic work to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Underglaze is slip applied to greenware to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Air-brushing delivers thin nebulized liquid coating to a ceramic work by means of an air-spray device. Click to open Glossary.

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