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pottery

Craft of making objects from clay

Entityvisual arts technique handicraft hobbyQ11642

Also known as ceramics

Instance of: visual arts technique
, handicraft
, hobby
Subclass of: crafting
, plastic arts

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Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. The place where a potter makes such wares is also called a pottery. The definition of pottery, used by the ASTM International, is "all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products". End applications include tableware, decorative ware, sanitary ware, and in technology and industry such as electrical insulators and laboratory ware. In art history and archaeology, especially of ancient and prehistoric periods, pottery often means only vessels, and sculpted figurines of the same material are called terracottas.

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Product or material produced: pottery ware
OpenStreetMap tag: shop=pottery applies to part: shop
Practiced by: potter
Different from: pottery ware criterion used: process different from product
pottery studio
Alfarería
Made from material: clay
Permanent duplicated item: Q141647741

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