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THROWING CLAY [5 records]

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Record 1 2013-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Ceramics (Industries)
DEF

A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter’s wheel [or throw] and bakes them it a kiln.

CONT

There are many techniques in use for throwing ceramic containers, although this is a typical procedure : a round, moist lump of clay body is thrown down onto the wheel head or a bat attached to it. The lump is made even and forced to the centre of the wheel by applying pressure with the hands. The thrower finds the center of the clay by moving a thumb across the lump until no more friction is felt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Céramique (Industries)
DEF

Ouvrier (ouvrière) qui travaille sur un tour.

CONT

Les diplômés du CAP [certificat d'aptitude professionnelle] deviennent tourneurs en céramique [...] La majorité des emplois se trouvent chez des petits artisans céramistes. [...] Quand l'entreprise compte plusieurs personnes, le tourneur travaille en collaboration avec un décorateur en céramique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pottery
DEF

Clay that has been fired and then ground into granules of more or less fineness.

CONT

From 20 to 40 percent grog may be used in the clay, depending upon the amount of detail desired.

OBS

Finely crushed grog is also used in throwing bodies to help the clay stand up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poteries
DEF

Argile cuite pulvérisée en grains plus ou moins fins.

CONT

La chamotte, introduite dans la terre, ne présente aucun risque de retrait et aide à diminuer sensiblement celui de l'argile.

OBS

La chamotte est le principal dégraissant d'une argile trop plastique.

OBS

La chamotte donne une texture plus fruste au tesson.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alfarería
DEF

Arcilla cocida y luego pulverizada que se agrega a la arcilla cruda [...]

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Record 3 2003-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay Working Methods (Ceramics)
  • Clay and Clay Products (Ceramics)
DEF

The cutting of clay into pieces and forceful recombining the pieces, by throwing them at each other to slam out the air in the clay.

CONT

Bubbles left in the clay from a bad wedging might provoke the breaking of the ware in the kiln.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de la céramique
  • Terres et glaçures (Ind. de la céramique)
DEF

Action de préparer l'argile, d'homogénéiser la pâte et d'exclure les bulles d'air en coupant une balle de pâte en deux parties puis en jetant, brutalement, une partie contre l'autre à plusieurs reprises.

CONT

Pour malaxer, il suffit de couper à l'aide d'un fil métallique la boule de terre; saisir alors d'une main l'une des deux moitiés et la projeter avec force sur l'autre moitié. Recommencer cette opération plusieurs fois afin que toutes les bulles d'air disparaissent. On peut aussi malaxer la terre en la pressant, tout en la roulant sur une planche ou une dalle de plâtre bien sec.

OBS

Dans certains cas, le «battage» est confondu avec «pétrissage».

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay Working Methods (Ceramics)
DEF

In ceramics, the act of throwing.

OBS

Throwing : traditional method, since ancient times, of shaping plastic clay on a spinning turntable, known as a potter's wheel or throwing wheel, cf wheel. At one time a staple process of the potting industry, only replaced in comparatively recent times by more automated mechanical methods. Now rarely used in the industry but still a basic process of craft potters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de la céramique
DEF

Opération consistant à façonner les pièces de céramique sur un tour.

OBS

tournage : Suite d'opérations selon lesquelles une balle d'argile mise sur le tour est modifiée jusqu'à l'obtention de la forme désirée.

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pottery
CONT

The first step in throwing is "centering" the clay, or forcing it onto the exact center of the wheel head....

OBS

Two simple movements center a piece of clay - the spinning of the lump up into a cone between both hands, and then the pushing down again of this cone into a more rounded mound with the palm of one hand supported by the other.

OBS

... getting the clay running exactly true in the centre of the wheelhead, and is achieved by wrapping both hands right round and over the ball of clay and pressing down and in until you feel the clay running evenly and your hands cease to jump.

Key term(s)
  • centring

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poteries
CONT

Le centrage s'effectue par pression des deux mains vers le centre; ce qui a pour effet de concentrer la pâte et de la faire s'élever en pain de sucre.

OBS

Le centrage est une des différentes étapes du tournage de la pièce.

Spanish

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