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Bone craft, Crystal craft,
Fabricraft, Fiber craft,
Floral craft, Gemstones ,
Glass craft, Ivory craft,
Jewelry, Leather craft, Metalcraft,
Paper craft, Painting,
Pottery, Stone craft, Sculpture,
Tapestry, Wool craft,
Wood craft, Drawing, Writing,
Shell craft
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Turning and Glazing
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The methods of making clay, terracotta and ceramics go
through the turning and glazing process. the art of making earthen ware for
domestic use was known to the primordial people of the primeval civilization
taken pace thousands of years ago. Still the same methods are accepted
for making article of clay, terracotta and ceramic objects.
Primary and secondary clay is collected from the soil
and grinded and mixed. Ball milling and purging of unwanted ingredients
follows to this step Then the filter processing and de-airing is undertaken by
the potters. Silica, bone, flint ash, gypsum are also merged in this making.
After the structured article is turned in to the desired shape and size the
pyroglazer, takes the items to furnace to glaze the particulars to make
them constant and durable then the natural loam.
Urn, vase, Toby jug, mug, jar, bowl, amphora, pip kin, vessels,
pitcher, plate, cup, saucer, figurine, clock case, tile, decorative tile,
tiling, mosaic, tessera
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Materials Required
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Clay, potter's earth, potter's clay, clay, secondary clay, argil,
adobe, porcelain clay, refractory clay, lean clay, marl, kaolin, slip, engobe,
china clay, calcareous clay, pegmatite, pipe clay china stone, petuntze,
Cornish stone, silica, feldspar, flint, flint pebbles, gypsum, bone
and ash.
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Process
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Grinding, plastic mixing, ball milling, blunging, pugging, filter
pressing, de-airing, magnetic separating, steaming, smoking, drying, firing
glaze firing, luting, wedging, soaking, fetting, slab method.
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