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1. Firing Procedures
A rather slow firing schedule is required for most ceramics, so that time is allowed for the various reactions to take place, to change raw clay into finished ceramic items.
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2. Ceramics
The small china doll you may have picked up at Woolworth's, for instance, is an inexpensive ceramic, but a ceramic nevertheless.
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3. Ceramics
Archaeologists know that the use of clay for making utilitarian items antidates recorded human history, and pottery fragments unearthed in archaeological research are an important and major record of past civilizations.
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4. Your Stove
If you have several items that usually cook at different temperatures, select the average temperature and remove each as it's done.
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5. Types Of Molds
There are several different types of molds for ceramic use, among them solid-casting molds, drain molds, press molds and sprig molds.
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6. Firing, Part 1
In order to transform a dry, brittle piece of greenware into a hard, durable ceramic object, it must be subjected to enough heat to "mature" the clay; for most clays used in hobby ceramics, the maturing temperature ranges from 1830° to 1940°F, and the firing is done in an oven that is called a "kiln," pronounced with or without the "n.
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7. Brushes And Brushstrokes, Part 3
Brushes which have their bristles arranged so that they form a flat, square-edged shape have many uses in ceramic decoration.
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8. Sponges
Familiar household items since the days of ancient Greece and Rome, natural sponges are still in great demand by cosmetic manufacturers, artists and surgeons.
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9. Decorating With Lustres
Lustres have been used for many centuries, to decorate ceramic ware; the exact date of the first use of lustre decoration is uncertain, but it is thought to have been invented and perfected by Islamic potters as early as the 8th or 9th century.
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10. Surface Alteration - Piercing
The piercing and cutting of decorative designs into ceramic ware has been practiced for centuries, by potters in all parts of the world.
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