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hand-modeling [2 records]

Record 1 2001-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paste Preparation and Shaping (Ceramics)
DEF

The forming of ware, usually square or rectangular, from sheets of damp, plastic clay, the joints being sealed by a clay slurry.

CONT

Slices for slab work are simply beaten out with the hands, or a flat piece of wood or "biscuit", for the cruder types, such as Raku; or the clay may be pressed out with a rolling pin, like pastry.

Key term(s)
  • hand-modeling
  • hand-modelling
  • hand-molding
  • slab

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation et façonnage de la pâte céramique
DEF

Technique de façonnage à la main par laquelle on modèle une pièce en assemblant des galettes d'argile.

CONT

Le principe du travail à la plaque repose sur la préfabrication de plaques de pâte planes, confectionnées de manières diverses, raffermies jusqu'à l'obtention d'une consistance en permettant la manipulation. [...] Les plaques sont obtenues par écrasement d'une masse de pâte à la main, au rouleau à pâtisserie, au maillet, etc.

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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