A Banding Wheel is a hand-operated turntable used in banding and other types of decorating. Binder is material, such as gum arabic, added to hold ceramic ingredients together. Bisque refers to fired, unglazed objects of clay. Generally, bisque is clay that has been fired to a kiln setting of cone 04. Blistering refers to the appearance of broken bubbles found on the glazed surfaces of fired ceramic pieces.
Body is the term used to describe any formula of clay.
The composition of any clay body will change depending on where the clay is mined. Once the plaster mold is removed, the clay object is known as greenware or unfired clay. Cleaning Greenware is the process of removing mold seam lines and imperfections from unfired clay objects. Cratering refers to moon-like craters that may appear on a glazed surface. Crawling refers to a glaze defect in which the glaze pulls away or crawls away from the bisque, leaving bare bisque areas.