List of Pottery Terms - S

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• Saggar. A lidded or covered ceramic box used to protect wares from direct flame, smoke, fuel-ash or cinders during firing.(W)

• Scrafito. This is a decorating technique where a slip is applied to a leather-hard piece of clay and left to dry. Once the slip is dry a host of different tools are used to carve into the clay to remove the slip and leave an embedded decoration behind.

• Single-fired see once-fired

• Sintering is the process caused by kiln firing which solidifies the clay but does not lead to vitrification. This occurs at low temperatures as in low-fired earthenware.

• Slip A suspension of clay, clay body or glaze in water.(W)

• Soaking is a period during a firing cycle when a constant temperature is maintained.

• Stoneware. A vitreous or semivitreous ceramic material. Traditionally made primarily from nonrefractory fire clay.(W)

• Seger cone see Pyrometric cone