delft blue ceramics
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Delft blue ceramics. history. Delftware , or Delft pottery , is a blue and white pottery (some are colourful ) made in and around Delft in the Netherlands from the 16th century. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
historyDelftware, or Delft pottery, is a blue and white pottery (some are colourful)made in and around Delft in the Netherlands from the 16th century.
The Dutch East Indian Company ( VOC) began importing porcelain from China in the seventeenth century. (Delft was the home town of the VOC) This porcelain, especially the blue and white, became very popular.
From Clay to the famous Delft pottery
The Delfts ceramics have a white background. They use a white baking clay. This clay is imported from Germany and England. The Dutch clay doesn't burn white but red and yellow.
The clay has to dry for several hours. Then they remove the liquid, otherwise the product
becomes to heavy .
The balls and other articles are put into an electric heated oven. The firing takes 8 hours and the temperature reaches 1040 degrees
During the first firing, the clay changes into stone which is called biscuit.
The painting is done by hand. Each item is entirely hand painted with very fine brushes by professional painters.
The painter will use a black paint which will change into the famous color blue during the second firing.