Terracotta
Terracotta means in Italian “baked earth”. This type of clay is often used for flowerpots, bricks or ornaments.
In Vietnam the clay will be taken out of the river and refined. After refining the clay will be molded into a desired shape and dried. Drying will take place outside under the sun and when it is dried, it will be placed in a kiln.
In ancient times the first clay sculptures were dried (baked) in the sun after being shaped. Later, the sculptures were placed in the ashes of open hearths to harden and finally kilns were used. Nowadays, we are still using the similar techniques.
The natural finishing is brown/ orange reddish but the most important is, is the large varieties of finishing for Terracotta and that's what we love about Terracotta!
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