The plates or clay plates are derived from a portion of dough to which pressure is applied using a roller or by using two rules of equal thickness , including making pasta and third pass over this and even how to pave the entire mass.
They plate with a roller if multiple plates are required, all must be followed, leaving them standing for a time to lose some of their moisture and catching some consistency in order to manipulate. Read More…
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Technical rolls, macaroni or churros. This technique is also called the “Colombina”. This is a very old technique.
Prehistoric pottery discovered in many places, was produced in this way. Used some churros or rolls of clay, a variable thickness depending on the type and volume of the piece.
Two ways to make the base.
These cylinders are made by pressing a piece of dough against the table using the fingers extended and palms up to stretch the reach Pella with the desired length and thickness. Read More…
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The clay can be classified or grouped together from several different viewpoints:
By its finding in its natural state.
For their plasticity.
By its porosity and color.
By its melting point.
ArcillaLas different types of clays were formed, first from the decomposition of the rock formations and by the action of various factors, pressure tectonics, earthquakes, types of erosion, etc.., And second for the acquisition, during the travel to their place of deposition of various mineral impurities, so depending on the characteristics of the rock source, there are countless types of clay, each of which has certain properties. Read More…
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The clay is not always the same although it may seem, and less if you like to experiment and take the clay of the nature of which appears very clean The shops that provide a type of clay that has qualities and qualities constant, but even so, problems can arise if the new items from clay.
In principle, anyone can see an easy way, if they meet one of their essential characteristics, plasticity. To do this make a first test, take a little mud and make Pell a churl about the thickness of a pencil and rolled around the thumb, if the clay does not break or cracks is in good plasticity, otherwise the mixture should be corrected by adding more fat clays. Read More…
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Europe did not know the secret of making porcelain until the eighteenth century in which the alchemist F. Bottler discovered the secret of kaolin. From the time of Marco Polo, by species and route of the silk, pottery came to Europe that caused admiration for their resilience, for its texture, its transparency, but did not know plants was coveted and rare pieces . English earthenware jar
There were many attempts to imitate the Chinese pieces with the “tender pasta, St Cloud, Chantilly Mennec and subsequently promoted by the actual manufacturing of Louis XV, Vincennes and Sevres emerged. Read More…
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The first news we have of Chinese belong to the period from 618 to 906, where there are figurines of a porous paste, compact and covered with a colored glaze that gives color green and blue turquoise. It was in the Sung Dynasty when the pasta gave compact porcelain and stoneware an unmistakable appearance, based on the nature of the vitreous enamel paste and decorated with those ornaments in low relief or incised with a green color from then it is known as Green Celadon. Read More…
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Makes its appearance during the eighth century that reflects the tradition of the Syrian-Persian peoples, but introduces an application of enamel white (opaque white glaze called evil), using tin dioxide. The most outstanding feature of the ceramics Arabic, you can specify that all she has a metallic mirror, which is achieved through a mixture of cinnabar, copper sulfate, iron oxide, sulfur, silver, acting at times as vinegar solvent. This application is always baked at a lower temperature than the glaze base comprising: supplied, lead, tin dioxide, silica sand and cobalt blue detailing.
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Etruria:
In the Etruscan culture, notes on how the graves, urn-shaped vases. The main characteristic is that they were made of mud with a multitude of impurities, it is believed that the use as found in nature, with an uneven grain, dark. Manufacturing was thick walls, showing a cooking imperfect. Read More…
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Rhodes and Corinth in the production of ancient ceramics, reaching its highest expression in the V century Attic pottery, decorated with red figures on black background. Anfora griegaEsta decoration was done by applying a engobe or colored paste that was applied on the piece in the drying process “leather hard” and then silk-screened the figures with a punch, leaving exposed the original clay, usually red. Read More…
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In the ancient kingdom of Thebes and Beni-Hassan, was aware that since the distaste V and IV (2600-2350 BC) was used around ceramic tile. For their religious beliefs, buried their dead with all their earthly belongings: dishes cups glasses, necklaces and clothing items. Glazed ceramic objects were using green and blue colors, especially blue beetles decorated using cobalt oxide. Read More…
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