The invention of pottery took place during the Neolithic revolution, when needed containers to store surplus crops produced by the practice of agriculture. At first this pottery is modeled by hand, using techniques such as pinch, the Columbian or plate (hence the irregularity of its surface), and just left to dry in the sun in hot countries and around the tribal fires the cold zone. Later became decorated with geometric means of incisions in the dried pasta, increasingly complex, and beautiful design perfect determined, together with the application of cooking, the appearance of a new profession: that of the potter. Read More…

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The potters and their sponsors, were fascinated by the end of the Middle Ages by the porc elain of China, their brilliance, their beauty. A workshop was developed in Florence (many pieces bear to mark the representation of the dome of Florence and the F Francesco DE ‘Medici and Florence), this technique of bone china that can be used if we don’ no kaolin at its disposal. Read More…

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In Europe, called “china” any ceramic whose pulp is white and translucent in the mass when it is used in low thickness. It recognizes that a porcelain plate is when you see his fingers through it, LALOR it is placed in front of a lamp. Read More…

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