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  2. Grog (clay) - Wikipedia

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    Grog, temper for clay. Grog, also known as firesand and chamotte, is a raw material usually made from crushed and ground potsherds, reintroduced into crude clay to temper it before making ceramic ware. It has a high percentage of silica and alumina. It is normally available as a powder or chippings, and is an important ingredient in Coade stone.

  3. Potter's wheel - Wikipedia

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    In pottery, a potter's wheel is a machine used in the shaping (known as throwing) of clay into round ceramic ware. The wheel may also be used during the process of trimming excess clay from leather-hard dried ware that is stiff but malleable, and for applying incised decoration or rings of colour.

  4. Nerikomi - Wikipedia

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    ' kneading ') is a Japanese pottery term describing the artistic technique where multiple colors of clay are marbled or combined to create various designs. [1] The technique can also be called neriage (練上げ), [2] although this more commonly refers to throwing multiple colors of clay on a wheel. [3]

  5. Ceramic forming techniques - Wikipedia

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    Pottery techniques include the potter's wheel, slip casting and many others. Methods for forming powders of ceramic raw materials into complex shapes are desirable in many areas of technology. For example, such methods are required for producing advanced, high-temperature structural parts such as heat engine components, recuperators and the ...

  6. Pottery - Wikipedia

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    Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. The place where such wares are made by a potter is also called a pottery (plural potteries).

  7. 9 Outdoor Items You Should Never Leave Outside During Winter

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    Clay Pottery. Though there are some florals you can plant during the winter, planter materials such as clay shouldn't be used for these seasonal blooms. "Any type of clay pottery should be brought ...

  8. The Best Clay Dinnerware to Snag That Oh-So-Desirable ... - AOL

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    5. Four-Piece Surface Clay Place Setting. This basic, yet elegant clay set includes all the necessities—a mug, soup bowl, salad plate and dinner plate—at a great price point With squared ...

  9. Yixing ware - Wikipedia

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    Five Yixing clay teapots showing a variety of styles from formal to whimsical. Yixing clay (simplified Chinese: 宜兴泥; traditional Chinese: 宜興泥; pinyin: Yíxīng ní; Wade–Giles: I-Hsing ni) is a type of clay from the region near the city of Yixing in Jiangsu Province, China, used in Chinese pottery since the Song dynasty (960–1279) when Yixing clay was first mined around China's ...