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   TWINLING'S TEAFARERS
 
   

Twinling's Teafarers is a ceramic teapot in the form of a Viking ship surmounted by two seahorses. Hand-building creates ceramic art works entirely by the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary. Stoneware is clay used to produce hard, durable, nonporous ceramic objects by firing at 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. Geenware is the result of allowing preworked raw clay to dry to a leather-hard state. Click to open Glossary. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state 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. Underglaze is slip applied to greenware to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Glaze is colored or clear liquid coating applied to a ceramic work to decorate or seal. Click to open Glossary. Refiring involves repetitive firings at lower and lower temperatures to prevent damage to prefired glazes. Click to open Glossary. Opalescent luster is a liquid coating applied over prefired glaze to impart an iridescent sheen. Click to open Glossary. Overglaze is a liquid coating applied over prefired glaze to provide details. Click to open Glossary. Click for more details on this citation. Click for more details on this citation. Click for more details on this citation. Click for more details on this exhibition Click for more details on this award.

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Creative Process

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