Handmade ceramics

In ancient times, learning the properties of clay, the man became a builder.

Initially was developed pottery. When it emerged, it is difficult to say. It is alleged that the manufacture of ceramics is as old as the world ... If, however, be more precise, we can assume that the prescription of the first handmade pottery and ceramics is calculated approximately 10-12 thousand years. Clay was an excellent readily available raw. It could create and burn even in primitive centres. The skilled handcrafters made from clay fine artworks - pottery jugs, mugs and cups, bowls, which, after firing, were painted.

Especially famous handmade ceramic products were in Ancient Greece. They are highly valued in our time. For example, in the 70 years of the twentieth century, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired an enormous amount of red curly ancient Greek cup, called "Rathery", ie vessel for mixing wine and water. Age of the ceramic cup, by definition, art experts, is approximately 2500 years. By the way, the art of manufacturing handmade ceramic products in ancient Greece called "kerameyya.

Somewhat later in the clay come from builders. Ceramic materials - the most ancient of all the artificial stone materials. This confirms the excavations of ancient Mesopotamian cities as Babylon and Nineveh, and after all these cities we have connected an idea of antiquity. As shown, these excavations? They showed that the basic building blocks of that time was a brick made from clay. No wonder the Arabs called the country of Mesopotamia country of clay. Ceramic bricks as a building material are more than 5000 years. Red ceramics bricks used not only in the Middle East, but also in other parts of the globe. It may be recalled that palaces and temples in Europe and Asia, built from ceramic bricks. from bricks was built many buildings of past centuries, such as the Roman aqueduct, the Great Wall of China.

Over the years, obtained by firing clay or close to it raw materials, materials and products are collectively called the term "ceramics" (from the Greek word "keramos" - baked clay. True, the original concept of "ceramics", "terracotta products" had a narrower meaning. While the so-called dishes, vases and other handmade ceramic products. Gradually, their range has expanded, with considerable attention was paid to ceramic products for construction purposes, in particular brick and tile.

The demand for ceramic products increased. Thus arose the ceramic industry.

Currently, "ceramic" is a popular and widely used concept. The word "ceramics" refers to products made of a mixture of clay, sand and other natural materials. In everyday life we are surrounded by a series of handmade ceramic products: tableware (plates, cups), sanitary ware (washbasin, bidet, toilet), building products (bricks, tiles, ceramic tiles, granite, etc.). Ceramics - this is one of the most modern and advanced materials: special ceramic materials are becoming more widespread in the electronics industry, mechanical engineering, nuclear energy, chemical industry, etc.

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