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1. Ceramics
Later, he learned to bake the clay at higher temperatures to make it yet more durable and give it a degree of permanency.
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2. Pottery
He can use his creative skills to produce decorative vases, or he can employ his artistic talents to mold and carve clay into beautiful pieces of sculpture.
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3. Sculpture
" But to the amateur who plans to try sculpture as a hobby, it usually means building things out of clay or cutting objects out of soap.
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4. Ceramics
Ceramics is a craft that has been used to man's advantage, and for his pleasure, in almost every section of the globe for thousands of years, perhaps since one prehistoric man pushed his fingers into some clay, and found that they left an impression.
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5. Molds And Slips
Long ago, someone discovered that a lump of clay placed on a piece of plaster became dry and hard where it came in contact with the plaster, and reproduced any scratches, dents or other markings that happened to be on the surface of the plaster.
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6. Types Of Molds
After being filled with casting slip, solid-casting molds are allowed to stand until the cavity is filled with clay and no liquid slip remains.
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7. Casting Greenware
The longer the slip remains in the drain mold (the pitcher section), the thicker the walls of clay on its inside surfaces will become, so you must watch it carefully (the time the slip needs to remain in the mold will depend on the consistency of the slip, the dryness of the mold, the density of the plaster and the thickness of the desired wall in the piece being cast).
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8. Cleaning And Repairing Greenware
A kiln does seem to possess mystical powers, when we consider its ability to change a piece of drab, brittle clay into a hard, durable ceramic item, but it does not have the power to erase defects of human error.
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9. 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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10. Surface Alteration - Slip Sculpturing
These changes, or alterations, may be brought about by the addition of clay to a surface, as well as the removal of the basic surface by various means.
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May 23, 2012