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Friday, April 5, 2013

Terracotta: Sustainable Production in Vietnam #3



 The firing temperature for Terracotta is between 800 and 900 degrees, much lower than for other materials and the kilns are built with bricks produced in the same kilns

Terracotta: Sustainable Production in Vietnam #2

The Kilns are fired entirely with rice husks, the outermost layer of the rice grain which is usually removed from the rice. An other renewable source. 


Terracotta: Sustainable Production in Vietnam 1

 The clay is a renewable material sourced from rice paddies in the Mekong Delta, also providing from beautiful and natural seasonal variations. The high tide transports different clay variations down stream hence also minimizing the need for emission causing forms of transport.