Stoneware

Hacienda Plains Archaeological Problem Kaitlyn Barton, Jessica Elmore, Kayla Seifert The Hacienda Plain is located on the Pacific coast of Central America. Its climate is tropical with an annual rainfall of about 90 inches, the vegetation being dense jungle. Nanosec Indians are the inhabitants of the plain and live mostly in small, scattered farming communities. The Zatopec Indians live in the Zatopec Highlands to the east of the plain. The highlands rise steeply to 3,000 feet, have an annual rainfall of 35 inches and are mostly open grassland. There are modern cities that can be found in the highlands. The Zatopecs that inhabit these cities have been integrated into the industrial economy. At one time, thousands of years ago, the Nanosec and Zatopec peoples spoke the same language and likely constituted a single group. However, some unknown factor separated them and as a result, the Nanosec settled in the Hacienda Plain, while the Zatopec settled in the Zatopec Highlands. Their language developed into two different languages, but were closely related. The Nanosec were a settled subsistence farming people who grew foods such as gourds, employing simple stone tools such as stone axes and hoes, since the plains have little metal or mineral ores. They settled by rivers for a close water resource as well as a means for transportation and trade. The occupants of these sites also chose to settle by rivers because the soils by the river were much easier for them to use…

No matter it was Wu Shi or his servant who first created a stoneware teapot that fit the taste of the scholar-officials, the Wu family had played a significant role in the transformation of tea wares occurred in the early-16th century. This transformation not only occurred within the Wu family but also corresponded with the trend of tea consumption in Chinese society. Furthermore, it guided the practice of tea drinking among the elite class to a new direction and generated a new discourse of…

In 1520, Wu Shi built the Hall of Zhu’e to celebrate his father’s eightieth birthday. This hall not only functioned as a tea-tasting space, but also an art gallery for present family’s painting collection and a museum for displaying the Yixing stoneware teapots. After the death of Wu Shi in 1545, the ownership of this hall has been transferred to the decedents of Wu Jing, who was the brother of Wu Lun. Fortunately, the good taste of tea within the Wu family remained. Almost a century after Wu…

Parr Motherhood In 1924, and with a degree of ill grace, Vyse went around saying that he was too busy even to contemplate his exhibiting at the Royal Academy. Furthermore, it was his opinion that Parr was fortunate the RA committee had considered his work. He disregarded the fact that Parr’s stoneware group Motherhood (RA1548), was accepted for exhibition (Fig. 61). The reason for Vyse’sw jealousy was that the exhibit in question is possibly the liveliest figure produced by Parr, and unlike…

and 5-12 percent in firing. Shrinking may be decreased in clay bodies with a lot of added grog. Color of work may be influenced by the presence of materials such as iron oxide, and may be limited depending on the desired characteristic of a clay body. It may be adjusted through adding materials, but may make a clay less desirable in its properties. The basic clay bodies are earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. Earthenware is typically a reddish color and somewhat highly porous as it is fired…

The use of stoneware to contain the ice kept the water from racing to match room temperature. The stoneware slowed the experiment enough to completely monitor the effects of each independent variable. The sugar did significantly change the physical form of the ice early during the experiment. While this did not as drastic or last as long as the ice, it did show that sugar does have some deicing properties. Additionally, the last observation noted is that the length of time that the solution…

As mentioned before, there were two types of inscriptions on the Yixing stoneware teapot. One type was the individual seals placed on the base of the teapots, and the other one was the customized inscriptions on the bodies of the teapots. This new practice of inscribing, on one hand, was significantly influenced by the imperial reign marking tradition; on the other hand, it was the consequence of the mutual respect between skillful and creative Yixing artisans and their patrons, the…

Nineteen Twenty Two The Vyses In the 1920s, gas kilns were not generally available, a studio potter was not able to achieve the temperature required to vitrify hard-paste porcelain. Charles Vyse had begun experimenting with his existing gas kiln, from about 1922. He was endeavouring to raise the temperature of his kiln to that required to fire stoneware vessels. By using devices of his own contrivance, he was able to achieve temperatures up to 1280 °C, in which bone china fires successfully.…

He eventually made his way to Japan and returned to England. (Walls, n.d.)While back in England, he decided to tour the country, and settled in Dartington. A pottery was established in Dartington. There were now many people producing ceramics who had apprenticed under Bernard Leach. Improvements and upgrades were made to the pottery in St. Ives, making production more efficient. Primarily stoneware was being produced. There was a dedicated team of people constantly making ceramics at the time.…

Raku bodies are prepared for firing differently, due to the speed of raku firing. Thinner, more open ware has a higher cnace of surviving a raku firing. The raku body is typically stoneware with at least 20 percent grog, adding porosity. The expansion due to the heat and the contraction of cooling happens during the rapid firing of the raku process, are part of thermal expansion. The faster the clay cools, the more cracks in the glaze, called crazing. Sculpture bodies tend to be made for larger,…