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| three-dimensional work made by putting pieces of material(s) together to build up a form |
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| creation of a work of art by carving away the excess from a larger piece of material |
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| capable of being shaped, pliable |
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| a simple inner skeleton that provides support for modelling with more pliable materials, such as clay or wax |
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| a mixture of clays compounded for specific characteristics |
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| the baking of ceramic pieces to make the clay's form permanent |
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| in ceramics, a coloured or transparent liquid applied to pieces made of clay; when fired, it bonds to the clay and forms a hard, glassy coating |
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| an initial stage of ceramic ware, fired at low heat for partial hardening while remaining porous enough for applying glaze |
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| an oven, furnace, or other enclosure used for the firing of ceramics |
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| ceramics made from the coarsest clays, usually fired at the lowest temperatures |
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| ceramic pieces made of medium-fine clays and fired at medium temperature ranges |
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| usually white ceramic pieces made of very fine clay and fired at the highest temperature |
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| the process of heating and cooling of metal while shaping it by techniques such as hammering, to return it to a malleable state |
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| the ability to be stretched or extended without breaking |
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| in metalwork, the technique of hammering a thin metal sheet from the back side to shape and raise areas on the surface |
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| engraving of the surface of a piece, often to help define contours or details |
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| in metalworking, the hammering of a flat sheet of metal over a stake, thus compressing and curving it into a hollow form. In ceramincs, one of the stages of the throwing process |
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| shaping of metal by hammering it over a hard surface, often after first heating the metal to a malleable state |
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| work created by manipulation of strands of varying materials by any of a variety of methods |
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| to create a larger unit by gluing together thin sheets of a material or materials |
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| the resistance of a material to a force tending to tear it apart |
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| joining metals with a heated fusible alloy |
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