List of Pottery Terms - G

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• Potter's gauge. A tool used to ensure that thrown pots are of uniform size or shape.

• Glaze. A coating that has been matured to the glassy state on a formed ceramic article, or the material or mixture from which the coating is made. (W)

• Glaze firing A firing cycle in a kiln to the temperature at which the glaze materials will melt to form a glasslike surface coating.

• Glost fire. The firing used to form the glaze over the ware.

• Greenware. Unfired clay articles.

• Grog. See chamotte, above. (W)

• Gum arabic Natural gums used as binders to enable the glaze to adhere better to the body.