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   TIPPING TEAHORSE
 
   

Tipping Teahorse is a ceramic work with a seahorse mounted on a abstract rocker. 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. Stoneware is a type of clay used to produce hard, durable, nonporous ceramic works by firing at high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Hand-building creates ceramic art object entirely by the artist's hand alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Leather-hard greenware is the result of drying soft raw preworked clay. 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 the surface. Click to open Glossary. China paints are applied over prefired glaze to enhance coloration. Click to open Glossary. Overglaze is liquid coating applied over prefired glaze to provide details. Click to open Glossary. Refiring involves repetitive firing at lower and lower temperatures to prevent damage to prefired glazes. Click to open Glossary. Opalescent luster is applied as a coating over prefired glaze to impart an iridescent sheen. Click to open Glossary. Baroque gilding applies gold leaf as a cold finish after firing is complete. Click to open Glossary. Press mold impresses clay into plaster casts to make negative images of the original. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative Process

Creative process illustrated. Creative process illustrated. Teabag is the term Meryl Ruth applies to her works that combines elements of teapot and handbag. Click to open Glossary. Mold is a plaster cast used to impress clay for making negative images of the original. Click to open Glossary. China paints are colored liquid coating applied over prefired glaze to enhance coloration. Click to open Glossary. Overglaze is liquid coating applied over prefired glaze to provide details. Click to open Glossary. Baroque gilding applies gold leaf to a ceramic work as a cold finish after firing is complete. Click to open Glossary.

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