Ceramics - Vocabulary 6

final firing, a firing cycle to the temperature at which the glaze material will melt to form a glass-like surface coating.

• glase fire

• glaze fire

• glace fire

• glass fire

the range of temperature at which a clay becomes mature or a glazes melt.

• firing range

• fire

• kiln

• green ware

a substance that helps promote the melting of a mixture of ceramic materials, to change.

• glaze

• grog

• flux

• felt

a device for controlling the length of firing of an electric kiln and shutting off the kiln once desired heat-work has been completed.

• manuel build

• manual sitter

• auto sitter

• kiln sitter

clay work fired between cone 03 to cone 6.

• high temperature

• mid fire

• hire fire

• hire temperature

resistance to heat, without deforming or melting.

• compound

• hinge

• highbryd

• refractory

small triangular cones made of ceramic material that are designed to bend and melt at specific temperatures. Determines the end of a firing cycle or shut off a kiln setter.

• pyrometric

• perimeter

• prior

• kiln

the decrease in the size of a clay object due to drying and firing.

• descale

• percentage

• skrinkage

• endlay

furnace for firing clay in both bisque and glazing processes.

• kiln

• kilm

• kinnul

• kelm

the practice of holding the kiln at final firing temperature for a period of time.

• time

• pause

• soak

• hold