Ceramic Dictionary

NAMES and NOTICES

ca: NOMS - INDICACIONS

es: NOMBRES E INDICACIONES

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Name: a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, or known. (Webster’s)
Names and notices on tiles can be for houses, hotels; restaurant notices such as Private or No Entrance etc., can be made to be practical and attractive, they are painted using the Majolica Method.

The first six illustrations are designs which have a white back ground, a border that is part of the tile and different types of letters to give an idea on the possibilities
The last six illustrations all are designs with special drawings made to the choice of the clients

NECK

ca: COLL

es: CUELLO

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Neck is the part of a jar, jug or bottle that narrows at the top and is designed to minimize the amount of liquid that can be poured out and give it an elegant shape.

NECKLACE

ca: COLLARET

es: COLLAR

Necklace is a length of fine material that is hung round the neck as a decoration, with or without accessories. It can be made out of any material, from a piece of string to a chain of gold and have pieces attached to it, jewelry, stones, shells, beads.

NEEDLE TOOL

ca: PUNXÓ-EINA

es: PUNZÓN-HERRAMIENTA

Needle tools of different sizes are used for trimming pots and cleaning plate holes. Plates have two holes through the foot at the back for passing string when they are hung up.

NUMBERING AND CODING - TILE PICTURES

ca: NUMERACIÓ I CODIS - rajoles decorades

es: NUMERACIÓN Y CODIFICACIÓN – azulejos decorados

Numbering and coding tiles of large designs
When you make a large design or you produce several of the same one, you must number and code them. Before firing, on the back of each tile, using a dark ceramic color, paint the number and code for the design which will be permanent once fired

Numbering: The design has been marked onto the tiles, lift the tiles up one by one, holding them by the edges so as not to touch the base and code them on the back with their number and letter using a dark ceramic color. Start at the bottom left hand corner, which is A1. This tile is the one the builder starts to work with when attaching them to a wall. The numbers go horizontally and letter vertically.

Coding: If you prepare more than one of the same designs put a sign, like a cross or two lines, on the back of all the tiles that go together to form a picture. The sign is very important so when fired you know which ones go together. Two of the same design look alike but if mixed you will see the differences, the outlines do not fit and the colors and brush strokes are different.
When one section has been marked you will have to move it, either to where you are going to paint or into a crank.

NUMBERS

ca: NOMBRES

es: NÚMEROS

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Numbers for houses
(a & b) Are copies of old designs., the tiles are15×15cm and 1½cm thick and have been cut down to make the required shape.
(f) Designed for an urbanization, which in the end was not used, so it was never painted. It is made in refractory and fired at 1280º C. It was designed to allow any number to be formed so all the pieces are separate. In the photos it has eight sections at the back, two height-wise and four length-wise. The ones in the center can be taken away or more can be added, this allows any number to be built up.

The tiles are all painted using the Majolica method and the rest of the numbers are all one tile designs with different borders and sizes.