Best Ceramics Quotes

"The first ceramic items made by humans were probably not pots or vessels...I think the first ceramic items made by humans were probably little mud figures of people or animals."

"The shapes of vases during this period also evolved, with jars, bowls, and cylindrical vessels becoming more common."

"I love the hand-made ceramic glazed look of them."

"The most notable examples of ceramic sculpture made by the Maya are what are called the hyna figurines - these small Clay figurines recovered from a necropolis on the island show us examples of ordinary Maya people from various walks of life."

"This process takes about nine and a half hours to take it from zero degrees to about 1290 degrees Celsius."

"If you ever want first dips on any products or ceramics, being a patron is a really good idea."

"These ceramic candle jars... I love the shape of the container."

"So now it's time for us to do a full series on how to wash clay polished ceramico and the list goes on."

"Ceramics seem to be sort of halfway between life and art in many, many eras."

"Ceramics are often used as a gauge of human civilization. How sophisticated is a culture can often be told and seen from the sophistication of its pottery."

"Ceramics continues to be a versatile art form with the power to mirror the richness of human history and reveal many fascinating secrets."

"A century of ceramics in the United States 1878 to 1978 is that it brings together a document for the first time 100 rather glorious years of progress."

"The demand of the future is explicit ceramics so long an art of evolution needs to find a revolutionary voice as we examine the work of the past 100 years and the culminating decade the medium has never been more equal to the challenge."

"It's a beautiful piece and these silver glazes were hard to do."

"I like using underglaze transfers."

"This parameter measures whether the temperature is going up or down but they don't measure heat work and that's what these pyrometric cones are for."

"I have found that I am equally fascinated by unglazed forms and glazed forms."

"...so this is me just starting the underpinning for that before I literally went back into the ceramic Studio because a Lord knows I need to get this stuff done because it needs almost an entire week to fire from start to finish."

"It is a ceramico to a certain extent."

"How cute is this ceramic little bunny? Oh, I love him!"

"The glazed ceramics, it's just beautiful, it's a piece. Every individual one, if they're handmade or semi-handmade or whatever they are, it's almost like every one is a little piece of artwork."

"Frit glazing...a special type of ceramic paint...protecting its sealant from UV ray."

"The more you use glazes the easier it is to judge how thick and that consistency of that glaze should be."

"I'm not all that proud about the the caliper and rotor setup on this car I would love to see a set of zr1 carbon ceramics on this that would really you know tie in with the rest of what we've got going on here."

"The atmosphere inside, in seeking oxygen, actually ends up stripping it away from ion molecules in the clay and glazes, and it's this which gives you colors which you can't quite obtain in any other way."

"Welcome to the Potters Roundtable, where we share our passion for ceramic arts."

"All you need is some way to melt the glaze on the pots."

"Three possible designs for small and portable gas kilns."

"You can make a very nice small raku kiln out of a metal trash can."

"The ceramics community, so far, everyone that I've interacted with is extremely nice and supportive."

"Ceramics would become and remain one of the most useful tools and materials a material that can be molded into whatever shape you need very easily then fired into a rigid and strong vessel."

"Japanese ceramics strongly reflect Japanese nature."

"Ceramic offered an excellent method of mounting delicate electronic components."

"Ceramic is hard and strong, non-porous, and will hold a vacuum."

"A combination of high strength, good forming properties, and vacuum tightness."

"Unlike glass, which is normally formed by forcing the molten material inside a solid mold, the ceramic material in powder form is pressed around a solid mandrel."

"The ceramic envelope pressed from dry powder is now a solid single piece of vitrified ceramic."

"The ceramic is extremely hard now and can only be worked with diamond tools."

"One of the advantages of the ceramic envelope is that it may be heated to a higher temperature than glass without softening or distorting."

"A precision cathode ray tube of higher performance, tighter specifications, improved accuracy, and extended life made possible through the use of ceramics."

"...the vase was just about 10 to 12 inches tall, ceramic and a very well-known maker of the early years of the 1900s...it was worth 750 bucks. That's a real bargain too."

"Ceramics have always played an important part in the management of electricity."

"On that note, on the Kusak cab glaze as it all things should end."

"Handmade Ceramics fill a real connection to pieces that are made in traditional workshops by hand."

"It's here that we see not just, I think, contemporary Bizen ware but the future."

"Moundville ceramic vessels were some of the finest ever produced in North America in terms of quality and creative artistry."

"The Kong Dynasty saw ceramic artists innovate the use of glazes, bringing new colors to China's pottery."

"Each ceramic spoon rest is hand-dipped, making this one as unique as you."

"The fact that you can see the brush pattern or the texture produced by the brush in the slip."

"Poppy is maybe one of my favorite, most favorite celadons ever. I love it."

"We really are a family; if you need support in your pottery practice or ceramic practice, come find us because we're there for you."

"Ceramic and stone tiles are the ideal surface coverings because they are beautiful, durable, hygienic, and easy to maintain."

"I love doing these kiln openings."

"Inside, there are actually 20,000 handprinted blue and white ceramic tiles."

"Underglaze decals and underglaze transfers are going to open up a whole world of possibilities for you and your business."

"If you have pieces with a lot of texture you want to show off, Celadons are your best friend for that."

"I'm always excited to open a kiln; it always feels like Christmas."

"This bis firing process changes the clay into ceramic, hardening and strengthening the material, whilst also making it porous, which is necessary for when I glaze these pots."

"I love this iron blossom on the side, which has appeared completely at random."

"The idea behind using textured slabs is to utilize a glaze that will help to enhance the texture and not cover it up."

"I like the seam because it tells the user the process. When someone uses it, they can see that seam and they understand that it was made by using a slab."

"The neat thing about doing the texture on here is if I create the belly, it will help to accent the texture."

"Ultimately, I want to create ceramics that I can imagine myself living with and using."

"I've always found myself liking more simple and plain ceramics with neutral colors and tones and straightforward forms."

"It's ultimately all the pots that I make, I want them to be obviously recognizable as my own work."

"If you're going to interact with it not just physically... it's touch and sound."

"They exude a presence that is bewitching."

"What makes ceramics such a brilliant craft is the sheer breadth of variety."

"The main definition of bisque firing is primarily to strengthen the clay and secondarily to remove all the remaining water from the clay."

"The clay itself, the body of clay, becomes stronger and harder and more handleable, which is one of the main reasons why we do the bisque firing."

"Ceramics are incredible, they're super fast, really smooth, and they last."

"Do you drink from a cup? Do you eat from a plate? You have the five towns to thank for that."

"Stoneware... at that higher temperature the particles of quartz or silica in the clay begin to melt and to fuse together so that stoneware is impervious to liquids even without a glaze."

"These ceramics... are very sophisticated because they are high fired wares only the Chinese and the Koreans at this time could produce high fired wares of any people in the world."

"So good, I just love the color of those tiles, the glaze on them is beautiful."

"I just love Emma Bridgewater, honestly."

"You definitely want to take your time looking through dishes and ceramics."

"What we've got to do is treat the kiln as if it were a piece of ceramics."

"I just think they are totally mind-blowing and they're in the most amazing condition."

"For me, Rosenberg eggshell porcelains are without question the high water mark of Art Nouveau Ceramics."

"Zirconia is not a metal, it's a ceramic."

"If you're wanting to get in the ceramic game, I suggest you go with this cooker."

"Imperial Ru ware was made over a very short period of time, not by design but historical circumstances."

"By the end of the 12th century, they're producing a new Imperial ware known as Guan ware."

"The Guan ware had a very dark slate gray stoneware body and a thickly applied grayish blue glaze."

"This has been something of an Orient Express through the history of Chinese imperial ceramics."

"It's not like an electric firing. You don't know what you're getting until you open the kiln."

"The giving and receiving of Pewabic ceramics has been a Detroit tradition for over a century."

"All of this is places that the glaze can pool, which is always nice, gives you a little texture."

"Being able to play with a different medium other than the underglaze and glaze is really nice and such a refreshing change up."

"I make ceramics that I hope when people hold them, they feel special, they feel loved, they feel warm and cozy."

"Every teapot is different and everybody is different, so these are just suggestions about which tea you might prefer with which clay."

"This clay has some very good characteristics that make it very ideal for brewing tea."

"I made these three teapots; they are all hand-built using the pinching method."

"This little one came out of the kiln just yesterday, and I really like it; I thought it was really cute."

"It's going to be fascinating to see glazes on them, but in this simple state, perfectly crisp and white, they're also quite lovely too."

"This is a beautiful vase, it looks like it might be a Japanese stoneware vase."

"These transplanted Korean potters helped either to start or expand major ceramic industries within Japan."

"Our speaker tonight has reigned for more than three decades as one of the world's foremost authorities on Chinese and Korean ceramics."

"The ideal color for Korean celadons is a pale bluish green glaze."

"It's going to be something of an oriental express through a thousand years of Korean ceramics."

"The Chinese mastered this when no one else in the world did."

"The culmination of the Second Great period are the monochrome hued glazes, often with carved or incised decoration."

"The most refined pieces were the so-called Rue wear, produced in the first part of the 12th century."

"One of the most refined ceramic wares ever produced, it has a dark slate gray body and a very thick bluish-green glaze."

"Jing de Zhen would become the great capital of ceramics, not only of China but of the world."

"The ceramic decoration becomes a translation into ceramic decoration of paintings on paper and silk."

"Korean Celadon wares at their very best are every bit the aesthetic and technical equal of the very best Chinese ceramics of the day."

"He transformed what was possible in ceramics manufacturing and also then what the world came to expect from ceramics."

"They have mugs and yarn bowls for different fandoms, and I love that their mugs are dishwasher and microwave safe."

"The willow pattern's blowing my mind, that's stunning."

"Titanium is three or four times harder than stainless steel, and ceramics are almost as hard as diamonds."

"I love E6000, and we use it for a lot of ceramics and jewelry."

"Hello my ceramic friends, today we are going to learn how to make this."

"We are going to put texture on our pots using ceramic rollers or roulettes."

"I guess roulettes sounds like something from a James Bond movie or something."

"Always work with the end in mind whenever you're working in clay."

"The stunning results of the dragon kiln technology in southern China are well evidenced in the porcelain wares from the Imperial Guan Kiln."

"Yue Ware is the oldest ceramic stoneware of hard dense and durable consistency."

"The earliest glaze types of Chinese stoneware vessels developed serendipitously when wood ash from the fire fell onto the hot vessel surfaces."

"This discovery led to the practice of mixing wood ash with clay and water to create liquid glaze."

"This clay material will dry out and as it's heated, it'll turn into a ceramic material, making the perfect insulator."

"Every Wednesday at five o'clock we bring you Clay Share Live."

"Sprigs are what I like to call clay stickers."

"You can put sprigs on handles, sprigs can be handles, you can use sprigs for feet."

"I put a little butterfly on this origami berry bowl."

"The grenade is a sprig that I made from a little grenade I sculpted and fired."

"I turned it into a sprig mold, so now I can make copies of a pendant that belonged to my grandmother."

"Enter all the atmospheres with 3D printed Ceramics."

"By highlighting and mending scars and cracks of the ceramics, and turning them into art, we can use them for a longer period of time and with love."

"Ceramic Matrix Composites overcome the major demerits such as brittle failure, low fracture toughness, and limited thermal shock resistance of monolithic ceramics."

"A beautiful dinnerware collection, most of which is transfer ware, we can thank Josiah Spode for flawlessly transferring patterns onto ceramic under glaze."

"I bought these little Japanese pots at a pot sale."

"These are beautiful ceramic mechanisms, last for years and years."

"It's essentially an organic plastic and it is one of the best materials in the world for conserving ceramic pieces for functional use."

"I can't wait to apply some of them to my ceramics as I work forward in the future."

"I really want to see a huge return to ceramics, which is the original way since the dawn of civilization."

"I love collecting ceramics and photographing with it, especially with food photography."

"I love the color of this ceramic."

"Ceramics are what you get when you apply heat to certain inorganic nonmetallic solids and then allow them to cool."

"It all started around 29,000 years ago when humans discovered that if you dig up some soft clay from the ground, mold it into a shape, and then heat it up to a very high temperature, when it cools, the clay has been transformed into something hard and rigid."

"Ceramics has always been a mix of science, design, and skill."

"Royal Doulton is an English ceramic manufacturing company dating from 1815."

"I love that you can see the brown of the stone-like ceramic through the white glazing."

"There's some really nice pieces of Wedgwood here."

"I'm freaking out over these; they remind me of the French little ceramics."

"I love love love all of the ceramic LED little houses."