Ceramics Food Safety

What is Vitrification?

• The process of clay bodies shrinking in the kiln to be non-porous

• Adding vitamins to the clay

• A word Mrs. LaBarr made up

• Testing how virtuous the clay is

This type of glaze CANNOT reach vitrification

(a)  

All glazes that are food safe are good for functional dinnerware pieces

• True

• False

Match the following

• Glaze that cannot reach vitrification

• Dinnerware Safe

• Glaze ingredients are non toxic

• Food Safe

• Process of making clay non porous

• Mid Fire

• Tested against daily use

• Vitrification

• Glaze that can reach vitrification

• Low Fire

It is very important to pay attention to the (a)   of a piece so that you do not create something that can't be cleaned easily

Any area of your piece that is coming in contact with food should be (a)   in texture

All our glazes are dinnerware safe

• True

• False

This symbol means that the glaze is (a)  

If the glaze contains ingredients that are non toxic than it is (a)  

Food Safe and Dinnerware safe mean the same thing

• True

• False