Sentence examples for firing clay from inspiring English sources

Some became sculptors of mammoth ivory, others specialists in firing clay.

An innovative way of firing clay, or an unthought-of method of casting bronze, can inspire a new set of experiments.

Modelling and firing clay in her front yard, she surrounds herself with visceral, expressive sculptures that tell stories that come to her in dreams in what she calls her "theatre without a stage".

The technique of firing clay bricks in a kiln dates to about 3500 BC.

Relevance to public health practice: It appears that ceramic clay, in particular the process of firing clay with unvented kilns, can be a significant nonfood and nonindustrial source of human exposure to dioxins among ceramics hobbyists.

Take a large lump of air drying or firing clay.

The Nubians, who were among the earliest peoples to fire clay, became expert shapers of it.

They are globby shapes in modelled and fired clay with parti-colored, speckly, suave surfaces.

Because of the presence of large and small particles in their microstructures, fired clay products have relatively high compressive strengths.

By some odd coincidence, restless aggregations of fired clay are popping up in galleries all over town.

For some reason, the people liked making fired clay models of multilevel dwellings, examples of which are exhibited.