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 clay CANNOT reach vitrification or it will melt

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

• True

• False

Match the following

• Process of making clay non porous

• Dinnerware Safe

• Tested against daily use

• Vitrification

• Clay that cannot reach vitrification

• Mid Fire

• Glaze ingredients are non toxic

• Low Fire

• Clay that can reach vitrification

• Food Safe

It is very important to pay attention to the ___ 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 ____ in texture

All our glazes are dinnerware safe

• True

• False

This symbol means that the glaze is _____

If the glaze contains ingredients that are non toxic than it is ___

Food Safe and Dinnerware safe mean the same thing

• True

• False