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2. Kiln - Wikipedia

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   A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects made from clay into pottery, tiles and bricks.

3. Ceramics of Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Wikipedia

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   Prior to contact, pottery was usually open-air fired or pit fired; precontact Indigenous peoples of Mexico used kilns extensively. Today many Native American ceramic artists use kilns. In pit-firing, the pot is placed in a shallow pit dug into the earth along with other unfired pottery, covered with wood and brush, or dung, then set on fire ...

4. Glossary of pottery terms - Wikipedia

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   A key raw material for many pottery bodies. Also known as China clay.( Kidney A kidney-shaped tool made of flexible steel for finishing thrown pots, or made of stiff rubber for pressing and smoothing clay in a mould. Kiln A furnace for the firing of ceramics. Kiln furniture Refractory ceramic articles used to support ware during firing. Kiln spurs

5. 90-foot-long kiln — used to make iconic pottery 400 ... - AOL

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   The systematic excavation found 21 pottery kilns primarily used for making imitation Longquan celadon, an iconic style of Chinese porcelain, the release said. The kilns, workshops and other ...

6. Pottery - Wikipedia

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   Clay tempered with sand, grit, crushed shell or crushed pottery were often used to make bonfire-fired ceramics because they provided an open-body texture that allowed water and volatile components of the clay to escape freely. The coarser particles in the clay also acted to restrain shrinkage during drying, and hence reduce the risk of cracking.

7. Saggar - Wikipedia

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   Saggars in use in the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres Bungs of saggars inside a bottle kiln. A saggar (also misspelled as sagger or segger) is a type of kiln furniture. [1] [2] [3] It is a ceramic boxlike container used in the firing of pottery to enclose or protect ware being fired inside a kiln. The name may be a contraction of the word ...