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Would you like to have a CD with images for the press ? Email here to ask for a copy:   Back to: A Glossary of Ceramic art technical terms? Check these words to find out why...   CLAY fine grain sediment, which becomes plastic when wet and turns rigid at high temperatures. STONEWARE earthenware that contains vitreous material and is suitable for firing at 1300 deg C becoming rock hard PORCELAIN white and translucent vitrified body, the finest ceramic material SLIP liquid mixture of clay and water SLIP CASTING obtaining ceramic forms by pouring slip into plaster molds PAPERCLAY a mix of clay and paper fiber to increase plasticity OXIDES chemical compounds, heat resistant,  used in liquid state for coloring ceramics GLAZES vitreous material, with high content of silica, producing a glass-like coating OXIDIZING FIRING oxygen rich atmosphere in the kiln REDUCING FIRING oxygen poor atmosphere in the kiln, good for eliminating iron from the ceramic body, especially porcelain A list of terms will be available for download soon...