The oldest ceramic forming process

The oldest manual molding method of ceramics is to rub the mud into strips and then form them in circles. This method is the oldest method of making pottery. The pottery in Yangshao culture period was formed by a large number of methods of making clay strips with plates.

1. Manual kneading? People create clay by hand at will and pinch out some smaller objects, which is the most primitive and simple molding method. 2. Mud strip tray method? Rub the soil into mud strips, build the mud strips into the device wall from the bottom of the device to the mouth of the device, then stick the device with mud, and finally smooth the mud seam left by the device wall. This method appeared in the middle of Neolithic Age. 3. Mud board enclosing method? Firstly, raw material clods are processed into clods, and then the clods are connected and combined into required shapes. For example, Yixing purple sand teapot is often made in this way. 4. Wheel forming method