How are tiles made?

Ceramic tile is a kind of building or decorative material made of refractory metal oxide and semi-metal oxide through grinding, mixing, pressing, glazing and sintering, which is called ceramic tile. Its raw materials are mostly mixed with clay and quartz sand.

Historical development of ceramic tiles;

The history of ceramic tiles dates back to 4000 BC, and Egyptians began to decorate various types of houses with ceramic tiles. People dry or dry clay bricks, and then paint them with blue glaze extracted from copper.

Ceramic tiles were also found in Mesopotamia before 4000 BC. This kind of tile was decorated with blue and white stripes, and later more styles and colors appeared. China is the center of ceramic art. As early as Shang Dynasty and Yin Dynasty (BC 1523- 1028), China produced an exquisite white stoneware, which was decorated with early China glaze. [4]

For centuries, the decorative effect of ceramic tiles has been improved with the improvement of ceramic tile production methods. For example, in the Islamic period, the decoration method of all tiles reached its peak in Persia. Subsequently, the use of ceramic tiles gradually prevailed all over the world, and in many countries and cities, the production and decoration of ceramic tiles reached its peak. In the historical process of ceramic tiles, Spanish and Portuguese mosaics, Italian Renaissance ceramic tiles, glazed tiles in Antwerp, the development of Dutch ceramic tile illustrations and German ceramic tiles all have milestone significance.

In ancient times, tiles were all made by hand. In other words, every tile is hand-shaped and hand-painted, so every tile is a unique work of art, and tiles are used in almost every aspect of architecture, such as walls, floors, ceilings, fireplaces, murals and external walls of buildings.

Nowadays, the tiles in the world are no longer hand-made and hand-colored, but use automatic production technology, and people's hands are only used to install tiles. As in the past, ceramic tiles are used for indoor and outdoor decoration, such as floors, walls, countertops, fireplaces, fountains and external walls.