The potteries are made from clay. The clay comes from the dissolution of rocks in grains. The size of the grains determines the quality of the clay. The main components of clay are aluminium, silicon and water. The chemical name is hydrated aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Al2O3.2SiO3.2H2O. The purest form of clay is the mineral kaolin which consist the main component of porcelain. The clay can be found on the surface or underground in the form of deposits with different purity and quality. During its extraction has the form of pellets which are melted after treatment in tanks with water. This way is extracted and purified by precipitation the payload sedimentary. The clay is used or as a type of clay, or as mixture of different types of clays to get the wishing result. The most common form is like a soil in big sacks. The roots of the extraction, the treatment and the creation of potteries with clay reach the ancient times. The creations form clay were the plates, cups, jugs and stored items for food, oil, olives, etc, of people from birth of the human civilization. With various traditional techniques reaching the mists of human civilization, are taking form on wheel and durability fired in the wood –kiln, for being ready to be used from you or to decorate your place...
...With traditional techniques which are lost in the depths of human civilization, are taking shape on the wheel and resistance in wood-kiln in order to be used or to decorate your site...
