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Ceramic vocab terms.
Bat a flat disc made out of plaster wood or plastic which is affixed to the wheel head with clay or pins.
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Bats are used to throw pieces on that would be difficult to lift off the wheel head.
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Bat a slab on which clay is handled typically a circle piece that can be attached to a pottery wheel head.
Used over or under glazes.
Wax wax resist melted paraffin or a synthetic wax solution.
Can be mixed with 25 50 ferro 3134 frit for maiolica overglaze decoration.
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The ability of a material to soak up water.
It is a liquid substance painted or dipped on ceramic art to resist water based liquids such as glazes slips or stains.
May be used as a stain on bisque to bring out textures.
Bagwall the wall on the inside of a fuel burning kiln which deflects the flame from the wear.
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Ceramic colorants that have been fritted in order to eliminate solubility problems and give greater stability in firing and truer color before firing.
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Most are stable up to cone 5 many to cone 10.
Batch a mixture of weighed materials such as a batch of glaze or slip or a clay body.
Other ceramic forming processes include.
Ceramic coloring oxides mixed with water to the consistency of thin watercolor.
Most stains are ground glass and are highly toxic in.