Monday, August 11, 2008

Color glaze

Color glaze

Color glaze: containing colored metal elements of raw materials prepared beautiful color glaze. Glaze added to the metal oxide is different coloring agent, to a certain temperature and atmosphere of firing, will show different colors of glaze, a color glaze. It has three types of methods: First, the sintering temperature classification, the high temperature color glaze (1,300 degrees), in the color temperature glaze (1,200 degrees) and low-temperature color glaze (1000 degrees), if in 1250 for the sector, the sub - For the high-and low-two. Second, according to the flames after the firing of flame into the nature of color glaze, reduction of two flame color glaze. Third, after the appearance of the firing characteristics of classification, can be divided into single-Seyou, rehabilitation Seyou (Huayou), the crack glaze, Mat Glaze, crystalline glaze, and so on.

New color porcelain

New color porcelain

New color: formerly Western Mining, seen in the late Qing Dynasty, was introduced from abroad a decorative ceramic method. First with multicolored paint in the white porcelain surface painted with all kinds of pictures or designs, re-entry Cai baking furnace, this porcelain, said the new Caici. New Caici, of the late Qing Early Republic of China gradually developed a new variety. After the founding of the PRC, After improvements, the new color decoration techniques to enrich and develop, and the combination of modern technology, a widely used form of decoration. Jingdezhen now the new popular color, in addition to the Chinese freehand brushwork quite flat painting style of the new T Choi, there are colorful and bright flowers brush, spray color, the beautiful regular-printed, silk screen decals, and so on. After a series of reform and innovation, has become a decorative style of Jingdezhen Ceramic Art of the local characteristics. New color, including decals, painting, brush flowers, Penhua, printing, film shift flowers, Miao Jin Choi increase, the Taose India, corrosion and colored gold color, luster, and so on. The character is rich colors, decorative and diverse, rough shape beautiful and vivid patterns, new style.

Ceramic Categories

Ceramic Categories

Wide variety of ceramic products, among them the chemical composition. Mineral composition, physical properties and manufacturing methods, often staggered close to each other, no boundaries, and in the application there are great differences. It is difficult to summarize a few hard and fast system, a detailed classification of each is different, and now the international community has not been a unified classification. There are two commonly used different from the perspective of the classification.

Ceramics

"Ceramics" is a generic term, "Tao" and "Porcelain" in texture, the physical properties are great differences. China was the first to create one of the countries earthenware, porcelain was the first invention of the countries.

About the emergence of pottery in about 10,000 years ago, China entered the Neolithic Age, began a life settlement, water, with the needs of daily life, etc., to the invention of pottery. Chinese pottery broader distribution, mainly concentrated in the Yangtze River and Yellow River Basin. Yangshao culture of the Neolithic period is more representative of the cultural type, characterized by painted pottery, also known as "painted pottery culture," it derived from two types of Banpo and Miao Digou, decorative patterns, has high artistic value. Majiayao culture is the culture of advanced new types of stone, slightly later than the Yangshao culture, since about 5000. Black pottery painted pottery is the second after another great innovation, since about 4000 of the Longshan Culture period, a process unique eggshell pottery. In recent years, Shandong, Hebei area and more of imitation, a higher collection value. Qin and Han Dynasties period of pottery figurine, who is China's ancient sculpture of the peak, the ceramic technology and the arts reached a very high position. In addition, the three color of Tang Dynasty, the Ming and Qing dynasties of Zisha, etc., are all Chinese pottery relics of the important elements, is worth in-depth collections and research.