Is soft pottery a ceramic? Please tell me.

The so-called soft pottery is actually not pottery, but an artificial low-temperature polymer clay. Also called painted pottery, also called barbecue mud. From the appearance, this small package of clay is very similar to plasticine, and there are many similarities with plasticine in the way of playing before baking. Soft pottery is similar to hard pottery. Many such pottery wares have been unearthed in ancient cultural sites in the south of China. Soft pottery is an ancient pottery, which can be divided into argillaceous and fine sand according to the production method. Baking method, low temperature, the carcass is not as hard as hard pottery. The fetus is reddish brown, grayish white or gray. Watches are printed with various geometric patterns, so they are also called embossed soft pottery. Pay attention to the common sense that children under three years old can't use, and pay attention to the main points of production.

Second, the basic concept of soft pottery

The decorative patterns on the surface of soft pottery are rough, such as rope patterns, ripples, squares, circles and weave patterns. So when soft pottery first came on the market, people saw it and thought it was plasticine. The rise of soft pottery originated after World War II. Since then,

Europeans began to play with this low-temperature polymeric clay. Although the history of soft pottery is not short, this kind of low-temperature polymeric clay has only appeared in China for about 10 years. It was first popular in Taiwan Province province. Now, the word "soft pottery" follows the name of Taiwan Province Province. In 1930s, when German sculptors created this kind of material, because of its high ductility and plasticity, colorful patterns, like thousands of flowers, could fully satisfy the creative desire of human beings, and quickly became popular throughout Europe. Later, it was introduced to America and Japan. Until today, [soft pottery] is still the favorite of DIY (do-it-yourself) people in the craft world. The most common English name of soft clay is polymer clay. It is a kind of soil, a kind of soil that must be baked in the oven. Different colors of soil can be polymerized into various ever-changing patterns and shapes. No wonder some people predict that [soft pottery] will be the most fascinating scientific and technological material in 2 1 century.

Common sense of three soft pottery

/kloc-In the 9th century, when German sculptors created this material, because of its high ductility and plasticity, it fully satisfied the creative desire of human beings and quickly became popular in Europe and America. Its changeable characteristics immediately become a teaching material to inspire creative thinking and cultivate cultural temperament. Until today, soft pottery is still the favorite of DIY people in the craft field.

There are many English names of soft pottery, the most common ones are modeling mud, baking mud and polymer mud. In translation, what they mean is nothing more than sculpture soil, oven baked soil and polymer soil. It is basically a kind of soil; It is a kind of soil that can be carved; It is a kind of soil with different colors and must be baked in the oven. It can be polymerized into various ever-changing patterns and shapes. No wonder some people predict that soft pottery will be the most fashionable product in 2 1 century.

Four kinds of soft pottery raw materials

After understanding that soft pottery is the product of advanced technology, it still depends on skillful techniques to create good works. No one can imagine that the technology of soft pottery actually originated from the ancient glass craft. As early as the 3rd century BC, glass works appeared in Mesopotamia (today's Iraq). In ancient Egypt, glassmaking was once the most fascinating art in Alexandria on the Nile. It was not until the15th century that the Italians discovered the beautiful glass technology, and this technology was introduced to Europe. The European Renaissance in 16 and 17 centuries can be said to be the peak period of glass technology. At that time, this handicraft was called Millefiori, which means that the pattern is as colorful as thousands of flowers. Today, Florence, Italy is still called the hometown of glass.

Later, it was found that the reason why glazing technology lasted for a long time was mainly because of glass. It turns out that glass has ductility and plasticity after heating. When different minerals are added, stained glass works will produce different lights and colors. With the progress of science and technology, the ductility and plasticity of soft pottery have surpassed that of glass, and its charm has even created an alternative craft civilization.

Soft pottery has been in China for more than ten years. In terms of origin, soft pottery originated in Europe and is a pure foreign product. In this case, we feel it is necessary to understand from its source. Writing here, it suddenly occurred to me that if foreigners write articles about ceramic culture, should they also start from BC in China, hehe. Anyway, according to foreign data, it first appeared in Germany at 1930. It is synthesized from chemical raw material PVC, and some plasticizers and color pigments are added. Technically, its standard name should be polymer clay.

The inventor of soft pottery should be a German woman named Feifei Rehbinder. At first, it was only used by some individuals. The real commercial brand appeared in 1964. She sold the recipe to eberhard Faber, who is now well known. Since then, FIMO, the earliest soft pottery brand in the world, was born. Meanwhile, in another part of the world, an American company is developing its own clay. A product called Polyform was developed for commercial use, but it didn't go well at first. White polymorphic stone/sculpture was sold in small batches from 1967, and it was not until 1984 that artists began to add color to the soil. Speaking of color, another important person, Marie Segal, had to mention it, because she inadvertently developed and popularized a new trademark of polymer clay products-Premo. 1994, Mary Siegel came into contact with Polyform/Sculpey and asked a question: Why is there no high-quality clay made by Americans? Scope needs some changes. It needs more colors and kinds. Polyform/Sculpey liked the idea and did a lot of tests. Since then, more colorful Premo series have appeared in Sculpey's polymer family. Sculpey has also become the most famous American soft pottery brand in the world today.

With the popularization of polymer clay in the world, more and more companies join it. Up to now, some well-known companies and brands have emerged. FIMO is the brand of Eberhard Faber in Germany, Cernit is the brand of T+F Co., Ltd. in Dreieich, Germany, and Modello is produced by Rudolf Reiser in Nueremberg, Germany. Sculpey III and Premo are from Polyform Products, USA.

In Asia, Zheng Guang CK. Clay and Camille are brands in Taiwan Province Province. In the following introduction, we will introduce the most famous products of FIMO and Skur Pei in detail. The above is just a brief introduction to the origin and development of soft pottery. This material has undergone too many changes in the past 100 years, and countless people have tested and improved it. In contrast, China has only been producing soft pottery materials for more than ten years, and there is basically no brand, no standard and no organization. It can be said that there is still much room for improvement in professionalism and commercialization. At present, the sales of imported soft pottery in China are mainly the brands of Taiwan Province Province, while the American and German soft pottery brands rarely enter the China market for various reasons.

Composition of five kinds of soft pottery

Polymerclay is a new proper noun (not in the dictionary). But we take it apart: soft, ceramic, polymer (polymer) and clay (clay, clay), all of which are familiar to us.

In fact, soft clay is a compound made of polymer (PVC) and inorganic filler. Because of its similar properties (soft before baking and hard after baking), it was named polymerclay, also known as polymerclay soft. Compared with clay, China people call it soft clay because it has excellent toughness and will not break after baking. It can be seen that the expressive force of China people is rich.

Of course, the components of soft pottery also include softener (chemical name plasticizer plasticizer), stabilizer (or antioxidant), lubricant, colorant dye, fixing agent and so on.

PVC and inorganic filler are the main components of soft pottery.

Whether imported or domestic, PVC has the same performance as long as the corresponding brands (including polymerization degree or viscosity and particle size) are the same.

There are many brands and types of inorganic fillers. The traditional inorganic filler has the problem of slow absorption of softener because of its coarse particles and large pore volume (there are a lot of micropores in the particles). With the extension of storage time, soft pottery becomes harder and harder. Of course, there are secondary factors such as slow plasticization caused by high storage environment temperature (such as hot summer) and softening agent volatilization leading to hardening of soft pottery. (Suggestion: store soft pottery in a cool place) Kalefu series soft pottery is a new generation of soft pottery products developed with nano-materials (particle size 30~40 nm) as inorganic fillers by using nano-new technology. It is delicate and flexible, especially the stability of soft and hard. Relieved the user's worries about storing soft pottery.

The difference between soft pottery and ceramics

To put it simply: soft pottery has a certain toughness after firing, and it is not very hard. Ceramics are very hard after firing.