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   TINY TEA PARTY
 
   

Tiny Tea Part is a hanging ceramic teapot with a faux quilted fabric body. 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 work by firing to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Paperclay is an admixture of clay and paper used to produce strong, lightweight, hard, durable ceramic art 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 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. 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 glaze to provide details. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative Process

Creative process illustrated. Click for more details on this work. Stoneware is a type of clay used to produce hard, durable, nonporous ceramic objects by firing in a kiln at high heat. Click to open Glossary. Press mold impresses clay into plaster casts to make negative images of the original. Click to open Glossary. Glaze is colored or clear liquid coating applied to ceramic works to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary.

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