What are the clay materials of teapot?

The order of clay materials of teapot is azure mud, bottom groove mud, reddish brown mud, red mud, Benshan green mud, hundred hemp seed mud and kenaf seed mud.

1, azurol mud

The mud is fine and blue. Produced in the middle of Qing dynasty, it has been lost. The ancient cloud "sky blue", with blue light shining in the dark liver color, is named after the color of the ore and is produced in Dashuitan Mine in the center of Dingshu Town.

2. Mud at the bottom of the tank

Located at the bottom of the seam, there are turquoise "corns" and "cat's eyes" in the block, which are purple-blue, thin and pure, which is very rare. It was first born in No.4 well of Huanglong Mountain, followed by No.5 well of Huanglong Mountain and Taixi Mine.

3. Red and brown mud

The reddish-brown mud is the interlayer of the nail mud layer. The ore body is thin and lenticular, and the thickness of the ore bed is generally about tens of centimeters to one meter, so the stability is poor. The appearance color of raw materials is purple, purplish red with light green spots, and the appearance color after firing is purple, purplish brown and purplish black.

4. Red mud

Located in the seam, a small amount appears. Cloud structure, purple, bright and beautiful. Because of the different distribution of ore beds, the sintering temperature range is wide, and the optimal sintering temperature is about 1 180℃.

5. Benshan green mud

The exploitation amount is very small, and it is not easy to make big products. Only small products and "cosmetic soil" can be made, and a proper amount of colorant can be added to make it into a colorful decorative mud.

6, hundred pockmarked mud

The color is similar to that of Benshan green mud, and the texture is rough. Located in the upper layer of purple mud, with more impurities. You must choose carefully before you can use it. After being made into pottery, it is light ink.

7. Kenaf mud

The color is like purple mud, and the texture is thick. Located in the upper layer of purple mud, there is pitted green mud with stars, and it is pink after pottery.