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Simply Ceramics – Thousand Oaks

Simply Ceramics is creative fun for the whole family!  No experience is necessary! Our studio has everything you need to create a hand-painted one-of-a-kind piece that will be cherished forever. We’ll supply plenty of ideas to inspire you., and all the supplies and encouragement needed. Simply pick out a ceramic piece, select your glaze colors, get comfortable and paint.

From CVG reader Anita:  Simply Ceramics is right across from Gold’s Gym. It is great for kids and not so young kids! A lot of room. Tables to seat as few as 2 up to the big table in the party room. The staff is very pleasant and helpful. You don’t feel rushed. A place to sit and relax, paint your ceramic pieces.

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Excellence design of ceramics

81.jpgThe field of ceramics Excellence in design: The ceramic tiles Armstrong ™,   are sure to install a floor covering of high quality, supported by a brand in the flooring. The color is printed on the surface of the tile. Armstrong uses printing technology “rot color” which allows the color of an edge to another tile. Some competitors are using the screen printing creating a “framework” that shows a thin edge of the original color around the perimeter of the tile. Read More…

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The manufacture of ceramics

7.JPGDelftse Blauw Delft blue-o-is the brand name written guarantees the origin of these pieces of pottery, as well as an indication of the length of each. Tiles, plates, vases, vases in all these forms can be found in pottery distinguished the farthest corners of the globe.

Its origin dates back to the seventeenth century, when international trade in the Dutch East India Company established strong ties with China. Thus, the Dutch were able to get Chinese porcelain and began to experiment in their preparation. Read More…

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The new collection of ceramic

63.jpgThe signature Greco Gres launches a new collection of ceramic technology, especially new finishes laser light patterns, among which the brand-new collection of metallic Venatto.

Done in soft shades of silver and gold, can undoubtedly be a fantastic opportunity in different areas of the home. The catalog has been expanded with new textures and colors inspired by the natural stones. Read More…

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The Ceramic Product

52.jpgGRECO KLINKER The best selection of high-tech ceramic products which fall as a benchmark of quality in the markets of the brick, stone and rustic adoquín klinker extruded. Natural products and vitrified throughout its mass, solutions that guarantee excellent performance in pavements and walls of great strength and durability.

VENATTO A wide range of solutions Vertical floor and designed to satisfy the most exquisite tastes. Available in a wide range of textures and finishes of the highest quality to ensure its resistance to the passage of time.A leading product that meets the most demanding applications in architecture today. Read More…

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The Ceramic pottery

4.jpegThe pottery is one of the man-made materials oldest known. Data from the Neolithic period and its use in the manufacture of containers and is as important figures who have served and extended regards to the dating of the archaeological sites of many ancient cultures. The pottery comes from the Greek word (substance burned). The great development of techniques for firing pottery, comes from China and the West where it reaches great sophistication thanks to the influence of Arab styles. It extends its use to construction and there are different types of ceramics in the form of tiles, tile, brick and tile. Read More…

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Making a pottery bowl

31.jpg1. Modeling around. It works with both hands, a lump of clay until a soft ball consistently. Modeling around. It works with both hands, a lump of clay until a soft ball consistently.

2. Launching the force the ball over the center of the wheel around, so that the base was flattened and adhere to it.  Read More…

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The Ceramics and pottery

2.jpegThe pottery is, in general, modeling clay using different techniques, to create decorative objects, artistic or utilitarian. The clay is soft and malleable material. After modeling the clay is allowed to dry, but it is still very fragile, so the piece has to be subjected to a first firing at 1020 ° C, known as biscuits, to produce a final tightening. Once bizcochada the piece is colored with ceramic materials and baked again to set the color. In the second it is known baked baked enamel. 
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THE FINE ARTS

11.jpgSeveral outbreaks of inventions (Middle East, Turkey …), the first events are to the seventh millennium, coexist. Occurred during the Neolithic pottery is an effective way to study the various cultural faces. Remarkable painted decorations are made in Mesopotamia  and Egypt, Minoan Crete and Mycenae. From the sixth century BC technology attica (cooking reduction, oxidation) allows the painted (black figures, and then red figures) to achieve perfection  . Read More…

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The Ceramics Thermomechanical

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.jpegThermomechanical applications of ceramics are the most interesting of all but the most sensitive. They must be a substitute for metals and metal alloys that lose all or part of their properties when the temperature exceeds a few hundred degrees Celsius. The mechanical components exposed to very high temperatures, between 1 000 ° C and 1 400 ° C, are the domain of economic and technical excellence of these ceramics.

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