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   TWINLING'S TEAFARERS II
 
   

Twinling's Teafarers II is a ceramic teapot in the form of a Viking ship surmounted by two seahorses. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by firing to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary. Greenware results from allowing raw wet preworked clay to dry to a leather-hard state. Click to open Glossary. Press mold impresses clay into plaster casts to make negative images of the original. Click to open Glossary. Porcelain is white stoneware clay used to create hard, durable, fine-grain, nonporous ceramic art work by firing 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 it. Click to open Glossary. Glaze is colored or clear liquid coat applied to ceramic work 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. Opalescent luster is applied over prefired glaze to impart an iridescent sheen. Click to open Glossary. Click for more details on this award. Click for more details on this award. Overglaze is a liquid coating applied to prefired glaze to provide details. Click to open Glossary. Hand-building creates a ceramic art object entirely by the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. Click to open Glossary.

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Creative Process

Creative process illustrated. Click for more details on this work. Porcelain is white stoneware clay used to create hard, durable, fine-grain, nonporous ceramic art works by firing to high kiln heat. Click to open Glossary.

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