How are ceramics fired?

1. Clay kaolin is the best raw material for firing porcelain. For thousands of years, many exquisite ceramics have evolved from these humble porcelain clay. The first process of making porcelain: clay is to make porcelain clay into usable porcelain clay.

Second, the porcelain clay washed out by that pile of mud can't be used immediately. It should be stored and drawn separately in columns.

Third, draw a blank. Put the folded porcelain clay in a big turntable. By rotating the turntable, the porcelain clay is drawn into a porcelain blank by hand and a blank drawing tool.

Fourthly, the printed porcelain blank is only a prototype, and different molds need to be selected according to the shape to be made to print the porcelain blank into various shapes.

Fifth, the thickness of the blank just printed is uneven. It is necessary to trim and scrape the printed blank neatly and symmetrically through the trimming process.

6. Squeezing water is an essential process, that is, washing off the dust on the blank with clear water to prepare for the next processes such as drawing and glazing.

Seven, drawing blanks on blanks is a major feature of ceramic art. There are many kinds of blank paintings, some are freehand brushwork, and some are sketched with good drawing paper. No matter how you draw the blank, it is the crowning touch of ceramic technology.

Eight, the glazed porcelain blank is rough and dull, but it is completely different after glazing, smooth and bright: different glazing processes have completely different effects.

Nine, kiln fire for thousands of years, endless, porcelain blanks carefully carved by dozens of tools, fired at thousands of degrees in the kiln, just like an ugly duckling will become a beautiful swan.

After several days of firing, the porcelain blank in the kiln has turned into exquisite porcelain fragments and can't wait to stand out from the open kiln door.