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Pottery is an easily recognised form of material culture as it is commonly found as archaeological artifacts, representing cultures of the past. Material culture is the aspect of culture manifested by the physical objects and architecture of a society.
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.
The definition of pottery, used by the ASTM International, is "all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products". [1] End applications include tableware , decorative ware , sanitary ware , and in technology and industry such as electrical insulators and laboratory ware.
Passementerie of cording and braid, embellished with beads, French, 1908. Passementerie (/ p æ s ˈ m ɛ n t r i /, French pronunciation: [pɑsmɑ̃tʁi]) or passementarie is the art of making elaborate trimmings or edgings (in French, passements) of applied braid, gold or silver cord, embroidery, colored silk, or beads for clothing or furnishings.
Trim tab, in aircraft and boats, an adjustable surface part of a larger control surface used to maintain a desired orientation; Trim, adjustment of a sail on a ship or boat; Trim (sailing ballast), adjustment of sailing ballast; Trim (ship), the variation from horizontal on the longitudinal axis
Trim or trimming in clothing and home decorating is applied ornament, such as gimp, passementerie, ribbon, ruffles, or, as a verb, to apply such ornament. Before the Industrial Revolution , all trim was made and applied by hand, thus making heavily trimmed furnishings and garments expensive and high-status.
Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.
A crock is a pottery container sometimes used for food and water, synonymous with the word pot, and sometimes used for chemicals. Derivative terms include crockery and crock-pot . Crocks, or "preserving crocks", were used in household kitchens before refrigeration to hold and preserve foods such as butter, salted meats, and pickled vegetables.