California Art Artists Directory - Clay Pottery Ceramics

Ceramics -  The art of making objects of clay and firing them in a kiln. Wares of earthenware and porcelain, as well as sculpture are made by ceramists. Enamel is also a ceramic technique. Ceramic materials may be decorated with slip, engobe, or glaze, applied by a number of techniques, including resist, mishima, and sanggam. Pots made can be made by the coil, slab, some other manual technique, or on a potter's wheel.

Saggar - -  A standard term in ceramic industries defined by Rosenthal as a fireclay box in which the pottery is placed for subsequent firing, to protect it from direct contact with the flame