How to become a skilled pottery maker?
The pottery industry was and still is one of the most important and beautiful industries that is characterized by sophistication, nobility, and simplicity at the same time. People always find in pottery pots more splendor, delicacy, and beauty. It is also a renewable industry that combines old-fashioned and modern arts. A new dress full of joy and innovation.
Types of pottery
1- porcelain
Porcelain is one of the luxurious and ancient pottery industries, which needs study and mastery in order to be distinctive pieces. A transparent, glassy material is placed on the pottery piece, then daffodil is added to it and some materials give it hardness, luster, and softness, and then it is formed and colored with the finest and most luxurious crystal colors. It is healthy and beautiful.
2- porcelain (Caroline and Albitonzi)
Porcelain is made of caroline and petunzi, which are clay materials that are widely used in China, as they were the first to manufacture earthenware porcelain that bears temperature and is characterized by its beautiful shape.
How do we make pottery?
1- Wheel pottery
The pottery wheel is one of the tools used in the pottery industry, as it works to remove the pottery in its usual form, then it is later poured into molds, dried, and cut, then the pottery is then strengthened by high heat to withstand that use.
2- Handmade pottery
Pottery making is one of the oldest crafts practiced by man since the dawn of history, so there are some craftsmen who still use their hands in making and shaping pottery, as they use clay and have sufficient skill in shaping pottery in a distinctive way and making vessels and beautiful pieces distinguished by threads, ropes, and hand pieces to obtain Smooth and suitable cut to the required size and shape.
3- Pottery with fire
Fire is used in the pottery industry, where craftsmen and artists dry the pottery over the fire so that it becomes a solid material that does not dissolve like clay when water is added to it, through ovens specially designed to dry and strengthen the pottery and enable its manufacture.
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