Passion for Terracotta

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! 

Terracotta Apple

It's all about the hands

Hello to the world! 

Buying season has started for us and I have found some quality time to continue the word of the week. I hope you all enjoyed it last week. Today we continue with techniques for making pottery.

Pottery can be made in different ways. Also pottery is available in different sizes, how do pottery, bigger than a person, is made? The first technique makes it possible. The hand-building technique needs skillful hands and clay. The clay will be pinched into a bowl and ropes of clay will wrap upward until the right height is reached. 

Second technique is the slab building. The slab building is often used for mid- size pottery. For slab building we need hands, clay and a mold. The clay will be flatten and the flattened clay will be put into a mold. After drying, the mold will be removed. 

Slab building

The last technique is the potter’s wheel. For the potter's wheel we need hands, clay and a potter’s wheel. A potter’s wheel is a wheel on a stand that can turn around. The potter’s wheel can be powered by hand, feet or electricity. This technique is common used for small sized pottery.

Drying

The next step is drying, all the potteries need to be dried before the kiln...so what happens in the kiln...?

More fire next time!

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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.

Vietnamese ceramics - Rosa Planters

Along history, thousands of years ago, Vietnamese ceramics were designed and produced with pottery products. The pottery and ceramics were experimented with original and individual styles from onther cultures, such as Cambodia, India, China, and Champa.

The artists learned much, they much go and see the last products, all after that, they design by themself new ceramics which are all in use as furnitures in garden or inhouse.

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