Ceramic - Pottery Dictionary

by Susan Mussi

PIN HOLES

ca: FORATS

es: AGUJEROS

1) Small holes that can appear in slip or glaze that has been under fired.
2) Fine holes that are pricked through the outline of a drawing on paper or transparent paper using a pin-pencil, this method is known as pouncing. The design is then marked on to ceramic work either with charcoal-powder when marking a light colored product or industrial talcum powder with a dark one.
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