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   TEENY TEA PARTY
 
   

Teeny Tea Party is a hanging ceramic teapot in the form of a purse with faux quilted plaid design. Firing converts soft greenware to hard ceramic state by exposure 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. Paperclay is an admixture of clay and paper that is used to create strong, lightweight, hard, durable ceramic art works by firing to high kiln temperatures. Click to open Glossary. Hand-building creates ceramic art objects entirely by the artist's hands alone or with simple tools. 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 coat applied to ceramic works 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 applied over prefired glaze to impart an iridescent sheen. Click to open Glossary. Overglaze is liquid coating applied over prefired glaze to provide details. Click to open Glossary.

 

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