The process of making ceramic tableware involves several steps, from raw material preparation to final firing and repair, each step requires delicate operation and professional skills. The following are the main steps in the ceramic tableware production process:
Raw material preparation: including ore dressing, raw material processing (such as coarse crushing of stony raw materials by wheel mill, open piling of earth materials for weathering, pre-firing of certain raw materials), batching (according to the different types of clay, glaze weighing and batching) and so on.
Mold making: making molds for ceramic tableware according to design drawings and samples.
Molding: including slurry molding (such as clearing the mold, mold, measuring the concentration, over the wicker, slurry, slurry, open the mold, trimming the blank, bonding, stamping, drying, wiping the blank), pulling the blank molding (such as mud dewatering, practicing, kneading the mud, pulling the blank, spinning the blank, bonding, stamping <engraved>, drying), and so on.
Plain firing: the molded blanks are fired, including the steps of inspecting the blanks, supporting the scaffolding, loading the kiln, entering the kiln, firing the kiln, cooling, and opening the kiln.
Glazing: After firing, the blanks are glazed, with different glazing techniques producing different effects.
Kiln Firing: After the glazed blanks are fired again, this is a key step in the production of ceramic tableware.
Into the porcelain: after the completion of firing, porcelain blanks into fine porcelain.
Repair: for defective porcelain to repair, make it more perfect.
The above steps are the basic process of ceramic tableware production, but in fact each step contains a wealth of technical and artistic connotations. In addition, the production method of ceramic tableware can also be divided into the glaze, underglaze color, glaze color three, different decorative techniques will give ceramic tableware bring different artistic effects!
