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2. Artisanal Talavera of Puebla and Tlaxcala - Wikipedia

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   All pieces are hand-thrown on a potter's wheel and the glazes contain tin and lead, as they have since colonial times. This glaze must craze, be slightly porous and milky-white, but not pure white. There are only six permitted colors: blue, yellow, black, green, orange and mauve, and these colors must be made from natural pigments.

3. Black-burnished ware - Wikipedia

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   Burnishing is a pottery treatment in which the surface of the pot is polished, using a hard smooth surface, such as a pebble. The classification includes two entirely different pottery types which share many stylistic characteristics. Black burnished ware 1 (BB1), is a black, coarse and gritty fabric. Vessels are hand made.

4. Potter's wheel - Wikipedia

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   Japanese pottery is thrown oppositely, with the wheel spinning clockwise and the right hand on the interior of the pot. [ 19 ] However, modern wheels powered by electric motors often allow for rotation in either direction, allowing the potter to choose which direction works best for their technique, hand dominance and personal preferences.

5. Raku ware - Wikipedia

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   Raku ware (楽焼, raku-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies, most often in the form of chawan tea bowls. It is traditionally characterised by being hand-shaped rather than thrown, fairly porous vessels, which result from low firing temperatures, lead glazes and the removal of pieces from the kiln ...

6. 15 Things You Should Always Buy at the Thrift Store ... - AOL

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   "It doesn't matter if I know who made a piece of pottery, if I can tell it was handcrafted, thrown on the wheel, hand-built, and it has a signature, that to me is what I get excited about when I ...

7. Glossary of pottery terms - Wikipedia

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   Glazing pottery by the application of a glaze suspension via a compressed air gun, similar to that for applying paint to cars. Also called aerographing. Stilt small supports used to prevent glazes from fusing the pot to the kiln during firing. Stoneware A vitreous or semivitreous whiteware. Traditionally made primarily from nonrefractory fire ...