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Beautiful Ashtray

Beautiful Ashtray

beautiful ashtray Hi guys.. thought i would post this beautiful ashtray and see if anyone knows anything about it! i have researched till i am blue in the face and nothing! it is stamped Made in Hungary and then the "V." by Karen …

18Nov2014

Japanese Vase with Blue Glaze

Japanese Vase with Blue Glaze

Japanese vase Thomas Schroder said "This Mark is always on the Japanese vase with blue glaze. Who can Help?" Japanese vase with blue glaze …

18Nov2014

Ceramic Urns

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 Ceramic urns are considered to be one of the most elegant looking urns available in the market today. A ceramic urn is able to beam up a room and brings on some decorum to any memorial garden. With its exquisite creative work, ceramic urns epitomize the spirit of the person that has passed away.<br /><br />These cremation urns hraven't changed a lot over the years. Artists that make urns use more or less the same designs and cultures that were prevalent then. With the availability of a wide range of ceramic urns to choose fom, it is not easy to select the right type of urn.<br /><br />One of the types of ceramic urns available in the market is the random patterned ceramic urn. These urns have a range of colors spread out in various patterns. These patterns are finished by a firing and reduction process in which some materials are added to create these patterns. The finish on these urns is that of a marble based product.<br /><br />The stencil glazed ceramic urns have colorful scenes that are stencil glazed against a background. This is done by firstly firing the urn to get a backdrop followed by application of the stencil beautification.</div>
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The metallic accent fired ceramic urns have metallic oxides that are added to the firing process to create great colors on the outside of the urn. The metals that are generally used are cobalt, iron and nickel.<br /><br />All the above mentioned urns are generally classified into two types; the production cast ceramic urns and the hand thrown ceramic urns. The production cast urns are usually produced in mass and the clay on which different kinds of work are done is molded by a machine followed by which they are hand bedecked by stencils.<br /><br />The hand thrown urns are made in the more traditional manner utilizing the services of a potter's wheel. Following this, the urn is then ornamented by hand, fired and glazed. Some of these urns are adorned with details that are accentuated with gold. They come in exquisite designs that either are usually in elegant floral or landscapes that are airbrushed that completes it look.<br /><br />Urns also can be bought in designs that are reminiscent of cathedrals, palaces, temples and castles that are usually dome and steeple shaped. This is a blend of the traditional and the modern take for cherishing the memory of your loved one for years to come.<br /><br />These urns are bought to life using traditional techniques where a piece of clay is spun over a wheel and then given its unique shape. It requires a lot of skill and experience to create these exquisite cremation urns. Therefore ceramic urns are handcrafted by well known artists who generally rely on traditional forms of creating these beautiful urns and other types of pottery. Ceramic urns have been around since centuries and are considered to be one of the most familiar products that are created by ceramic art.<br /><br />Some people who are looking to preserve memories through a memorial urn, choose ceramic because they are beautiful and are undeterred for centuries.<br /><br />With the many memorial options, there comes further options for your service provider. In the Light Urns is a memorial store that has one of the largest, most unique and most affordable collections on the Internet today. Our ceramic urns collection is not acceptation; affordability and options for a ceramic urn is expected when you purchase your memorial from In the Light Urns. For ceramic pet urns visit Pets to Rest. These pet urns are similar to the urns for people, but they are smaller and often some personalization for the pet.<br />

Ceramic Urns

Ceramic Urns Ceramic urns are considered to be one of the most elegant looking urns available in the market today. A ceramic urn is able to beam up a room and brings on some decorum to any memorial garden. With its exquisite creative work, ceramic urns epitomize the spirit of the person that has p…

12Nov2014

Ceramic Pottery Unique and Classy

Ceramic Pottery Unique and Classy

Ceramic Pottery Unique and Classy Ceramic pottery is the art of forming or creating something out of clay and this has been around for thousands of years now and the industry still exists until today. The process includes molding the clay and using extreme heat and then it will be decorated by glaz…

09Nov2014

American Pottery

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Everyone wants to buy an American made product. Some of the best pottery in the world is made right here in the USA, but you may not know what to look for or where to find it.<br /><br />There are many places that a person can find American made pottery for their home. In reality, you just have to know where to find it. It is also a good idea to know what kind of pottery you are looking for. This is because having an idea of the kind of pieces you are looking for can make you search simpler. If you want a vase, you will need to look for something that will work for that purpose and not something that you just any old thing you can find.</div>
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The first place that you want to look for your American pottery is going to be at your local dealers. Try finding someone that has their own studio pottery place and makes their own pottery. This will make sure that you are buying from an American dealer and not getting something that is more from a foreign company. You might also be able to find that you can get American pottery from a craft co op. This is because many different dealers are in one place and make it really easy to get what you want.</div>
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If you are not able to find what you need this way, you can try the Internet. There are a ton of things for sale on there and many people that have what others want to have. That will make it easy to get what you want as long as you are careful and take a minute to research what you are getting. That will help you to make sure that you get a real American made pottery piece.<br /><br />It's not as hard as you might think to get the pieces that you are looking for if you are willing to take the time to look for them. Many people will look in one or two places and then give up. You can't do that if you are going to find that perfect piece of pottery. You can find it if you just keep looking and if you let people know what you want. Many dealers will look for items if you tell them what you want and how much you are willing to pay for it. So, don't give up and you will find it.</div>

American Pottery

American Pottery Craft Everyone wants to buy an American made product. Some of the best pottery in the world is made right here in the USA, but you may not know what to look for or where to find it.There are many places that a person can find American made pottery for their home. In reality, you ju…

08Nov2014

Egyptian Pottery

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The Egyptians created pottery beginning from primordial times. Even before the construction of pyramids, they were engaged in the making of pottery. The study of pottery sheds tremendous light on the pre dynastic era of ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptians used pottery in the same manner we use plastic containers today. The studies of pottery material, expertise, and types have been a great supply of information for archaeologists to date sites in the absence of other sources of data. Early Egyptologists like Flinders Petrie used pot shards to discover chronological dates for pre dynastic eras. Pottery is also used to assist the study of trade and regional development in old Egypt.</div>
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Egypt in the pre dynastic period produced pottery of very high quality. During the Badarian period the potter's wheel was not used and typically ladies prepared it. The upper segment was adorned in a radiant black color and the lower segment in deep red. The pottery was made by firing in open bone fires or archaic furnaces. From 40000 to 3000 BC. i.e. until the Dynastic era from the Naqada era, pottery was decorated with depictions of animals, humans, boats and various other patterns and symbols. It was during this period, that perhaps some of the greatest pottery was developed.<br /><br />The potter's wheel was not invented in Egypt until the Old Kingdom. It was only during this era that the potter's wheel made its first appearance and started to be used for commercial purposes. The wheel was very simple, like a turn table in the beginning, but latter it advanced into a true potter's wheel. The wheel was at first turned by hand, and later the kick wheel variety developed during the Ptolemaic epoch. At this time, there was an increase in the quantity of pottery produced. However the introduction of the potter's wheel did not wipe out absolutely all the traditional forms of making pottery. For example, bread moulds were still often handmade</div>
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Egyptian pottery can be classified into two broad divisions depending upon the type of clay used in the manufacturing. It is an international classification system known as The Vienna System.<br /><br />1. Pottery manufactured from Nile clay. It is also known as Nile silt ware. When it is fired it gets covered up with a red-brown color. Sometimes the pottery was decorated or painted in blue. It was mostly used for common everyday purposes. It was not used for decoration although during the New Kingdom, blue painted pottery appeared.<br /><br />2. Pottery made from marl clay. It was made from material found in the region of Quena in Upper Egypt. This pottery was superior to the Nile silt ware. It was sometimes polished leaving a lustrous surface. It was used for decorative purposes as well as for other functions. However, the actual glazed pottery appeared only during roman times.<br /><br />One can further make a classification of Egyptian pottery with the examination of additives in the basic fabric of the pottery, as well as an analysis of the natural impurities present in the clay.<br /><br /><br /></div>

Egyptian Pottery

Ancient Egyptian Pottery The Egyptians created pottery beginning from primordial times. Even before the construction of pyramids, they were engaged in the making of pottery. The study of pottery sheds tremendous light on the pre dynastic era of ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptians used pottery in the s…

07Nov2014

Luxury Pottery

Luxury Pottery

Luxury Pottery Ceramic In this day and age the economy is seemingly all doom and gloom. It is certainly more difficult to sell items of luxury like pottery pieces than it was during better financial times. But the key to any business is typically variety. People enjoy having choices and enjoy when…

07Nov2014

How to Make Pottery

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When the clay has a specific dryness of around 75 to 85%, it becomes "leather hard", when it can be more easily moulded into shape and to which other pieces can be added. Over the centuries of this trade many tools have been invented to aid in the moulding process, the most important of which is the potter's wheel , where the spinning mass of clay in the centre of the wheel can be formed into a vase or other similar vessel with a consistent circumference. While some prefer the consistency and speed of the potter's wheel, arguing for the spontaneity of shape formed while the wheel spins, others prefer to form shapes in the manner before the wheel was invented: from ground up in a standing and stagnant position, arguing that this method produces more individually unique pottery subject to a more robust imagination.<br /><br />When using the wheel, it requires a certain amount of skill to first centre the clay, then to open it by creating a hollow dip in the centre, then to create a floor with a rounded bottom inside, then to throw the clay by drawing it upwards to shape walls of even thickness, and finally to trim and turn it by removing excess clay and refining its shape into its final form.<br /><br />Although the wheel can speed up work and aid in creating more consistently similar shapes, the general shapes themselves are more limited to ones with radial symmetry and a vertical axis. But handles, lids and other extremities can be added at the end, or the produced shape can itself be distorted by bulging and other methods, to create greater uniqueness.<br /><br />Over time, machines have been invented to replace or aid the potter's hand, speeding up production further, but while simplifying any individuality, or removing unique traits.<br /><br />Once the final shape is complete, the pottery can be decorated by incising patterns on its surface, embedding on it foreign objects (such as with seashells in my Item 12 or 18 through the link at the bottom), and eventually glazing and colouring it in any number of ways.<br /><br />Prior to glazing, additives such as sand can be mixed into the clay, creating particular textures once the pottery is heated and glazed. Combustible particles can even be mixed in or pressed onto the surface to produce different effects during heating.<br /><br />Mixing different clays of different colours can also produce interesting results, referred to as "agateware", after the quartz mineral agate which has bands or layers of different color blended together. In this process, the potter is careful not to overmix the different clays so that the individual colours are distinguishable, and the choice of clays is also important as they must have similar thermal movement characteristics during the heating stage in the kiln.<br /><br />Prior to heating in the kiln, the pottery can also be finely polished, referred to as burnishing.<br /><br />The next stage, still before heating, can be engobing, which is to add on a layer over top of the pottery, often by dipping the entire shape into a bath, or by painting it on the pottery's surface - a method used since pre-historic times. This outer clay slip is often high in silica, and can be incised with engravings to pierce through the new surface, revealing colours of the clay beneath. A second clay slip of different colour can be further added, and later incised, to produce patterns of different colour, much like the procedure used when making Easter eggs.<br /><br />Another method of applying design to the surface is similar to lithography, whereby an image or colour on a decorative design layer is applied to the surface using a backing paper, printed onto the surface much like screen printing. Once the design has been transferred, a protective layer is applied, which may include a low-melting glass.<br /><br />After this, gold can be applied or painted on in various ways for extra fancy pottery.<br /><br />And finally, we have the glazing stage, which coats the pottery with a protective, colourful and decorative surface. Its colour and appearance often changes during heating, and the sealed result protects the inner clay from destructive moisture or water. Different minerals and application techniques can be used to produce different effects, giving the pottery its final touch and personality.<br /><br />Once the clay mould has been prepared, the object is then subjected to firing, which is the process of heating the vessel at different temperatures to harden it, after which it can be called pottery. Different materials require different temperatures, but all firing is generally at or above 1000 degrees centigrade. There can be several stages of firing, which fuse together different minerals, while regulating air intake into the kiln can produce different degrees of oxidation of the clay and outer glaze.</div>
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art making pottery When the clay has a specific dryness of around 75 to 85%, it becomes "leather hard", when it can be more easily moulded into shape and to which other pieces can be added. Over the centuries of this trade many tools have been invented to aid in the moulding process, the most impor…

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Handmade Pottery

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Handmade pottery is one of the oldest crafts known to man with the earliest artistic pottery dating back to 25,000 B.C. give or take a few centuries. The first Pottery crafted for functional purposes, handmade pottery vessels, were used to hold water. All of the ancient pottery dating back before about 3,000 to 4,000 B.C. would have been hand carved pottery, meaning that it was formed or molded all by hand in a stationary manner. We know this because the first Pottery Wheel was not invented until about this time. The invention of the first Pottery wheel significantly changed how pottery was created and the new process know as 'hand thrown' created new pottery forms in many round, symmetrical and interesting shapes. Vases, bowls and cups for drinking could now be created more easily and in a more uniformed manner. Archaeologist have unearthed enough antique pottery to be able to understand the technology and skill level possessed by ancient potters.<br /><br />The act of hand crafting pottery continues to be practiced today by hundreds of thousands of potters across the globe. Handmade Pottery is made for both functional purposes and for artistic expression. There are hundreds of styles and techniques available to modern day potters but they all follow the same general steps of handcrafted and hand thrown pottery. And of course because some pottery, such as Polish Pottery or Polish Stoneware, is hand painted even uniformed pottery of similar shapes and sizes can have a unique appearance. Though some modern day potters may use an electric pottery wheel as opposed to a kick wheel or manual potter's wheel the basic steps of how to make pottery have not changed in hundreds of years.</div>
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Pottery is first thrown on the wheel (or hand shaped), then fired at extremely high temperatures exceeding 1,500 degrees. The first firing removes water and makes the piece retain its shape, the color of the pottery at this time is dependent on the clay and the kiln temperature. The second firing incorporates a glaze that is usually unique and often a closely guarded secret of the particular potter. Most pottery that is painted is done so between the 2 firings. The truly unique and beautiful colors of many handmade pottery pieces are dependent on many factors including the type of clay used which is often tied to a geographic area. Polish pottery and stoneware from the Bolshevik city of Poland for instance is famous for its white clay. Atlanta in the US is known for its vibrant red clay. The source Clay and the types of glazes and methods for applying and also other substances used in the firing process such as sawdust, sand, etc., help to determine the uniqueness of handcrafted pottery. </div>
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<span id="goog_170483979"></span>OK, so we've determined handmade pottery dates back for a long time and there are many interesting aspects of its history and sure the pieces created are great to collect but what about the satisfaction of the act of making pottery? Even novices can enjoy a class in handmade pottery to better appreciate the special work performed by the thousands of excellent potters and artisans creating pottery art around the world.<br />
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Children especially will enjoy the opportunity to try to create and decorate an object made from a lump of sticky dirt. Adults and kids can also enjoy the activity of painting their own pottery, an activity where they don't make the piece from clay but rather paint an unglazed piece of pottery such as a plate, a coffee mug, etc., and then return to pick it up after it has been fired. Most people who have not seen this process would be amazed at the before and after appearance of the piece they left at the shop and the one that they found upon return.<br /><br />

Handmade Pottery

Handmade pottery Handmade pottery is one of the oldest crafts known to man with the earliest artistic pottery dating back to 25,000 B.C. give or take a few centuries. The first Pottery crafted for functional purposes, handmade pottery vessels, were used to hold water. All of the ancient pottery dat…

05Nov2014

Information about Pottery

Information about Pottery

craft pottery Pottery also includes ceramics, earthenware, stoneware and porcelain, all of which are made in potteries.Pottery is made from clay, mostly formed by the hand while it is still soft and wet, and then heated in a kiln at high temperatures to change its material quality, making it hard. …

04Nov2014

History of Pottery

History of Pottery

History of Pottery The earliest known pottery was produced 25 to 29,000 years before Christ in what is now modern day Czech Republic (where I was born), of a figurine of a naked woman named Venus of Dolni Vestonice. The earliest known pottery vessels were made in Japan in 10,500 BC. Pottery was ind…

03Nov2014

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