FRIT
Crushed particles of coloured glass applied to the surface of molten lampwork glass beads as decoration.
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frit - A powder used to coat the mandrel when making glass beads to promote the release of the glass from the mandrel after the glass cools and hardens.
gauge - A term used to express the measurment of wire thickness.
Soft Paste Porcelain - The early European porcelain mixture of ground glass or frit for translucency (frit was a mixture of white sand, gypsum, soda, alum, salt and nitre melted together in a mass, then broken and pulverized), ...
Micaceous - Mica is frit (glass particles that are the base component for ceramic pigments) that are not ground quite as fine as a standard frit. The particles are coated in titania. This is what gives the mica its reflective qualities.
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Historically, a mixture of water, clay, salts and enamel frit (small pieces of glass) was used. Using this mixture, decoration was added to the piece by dipping or spraying it onto the object before it was fired.
 See also: Glass, Rough, Fire, Base, Table
  
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