Handmade pottery making cup step by step

Handmade pottery making cup steps are as follows:

Tools/materials

The materials needed are, mud, grouting bucket, molds, standing billet machine and so on.

1, grouting, first clean the mold, tied with a rubber band, and then grind the mud mix well, scooped into the grouting bucket, and then gently into the mold, flat mold mouth can be. Wait a half a small or so, pour the mud out of the mold, mold inverted on the table, after a twenty minutes you can take out the mud blanks.

2, billet, take out the billet into the oven to dry, after drying the billet on the billet machine, gently pressed with your hand, open the billet machine, and other cups of billet high-speed rotation up, with the blade into the mouth and around the uneven place to repair.

3, the third step is to repair the blanks, the blanks have been slightly dipped in water, with a sponge and flannel gently wipe the surface of the rough particles, so that the surface of the cups and the inside of the cups are smooth, delicate. Fixed clay blanks need to be sent to the baking room again to dry.

4, the fourth step is the firing, the repair and drying of the cups of clay blanks into the kiln, and then heated to 1180 degrees, and then let it cool naturally, it's done, this time about 6 hours.

Ceramic cultural significance of the heritage is as follows:

1, ceramic culture is one of the important parts of our civilization, representing the center of the five thousand years of Chinese culture. Ceramics as a unique form of art, has been attracting the attention and research of many cultural enthusiasts at home and abroad, its unique aesthetic value and artistic charm in the cultural heritage occupies an important position.

2. Ceramic culture also plays an important role in China's economic, social and political development. Historically, ceramic production and trade was one of the important parts of China's economy, which not only promoted economic development, but also led to the prosperity of other related industries, such as glaze and ceramic tiles.

3, ceramic culture has a unique position in Chinese traditional art. It not only reflects the unique aesthetic characteristics of ancient culture, but also has a deep background of national education, representing the essence of traditional culture.