Pottery and Porcelain
To make pottery and porcelain you have to set up a kiln that can often be in use for around one hundred years. Preparing the clay is usually passed down the generations from families so each generation will have different glazes, decoration techniques and clays that will end up as different and unique styles. In the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Sung Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, large amounts of pottery were exported from China to Korea, Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, the Southeast Asian peninsula, the Philippines, Indonesia, India, the Middle East, the eastern coast of Africa, continental Europe, Great Britain, and the United States. The pottery and porcelain exported in these time periods are an amazing source of research categories on the history of China's communications, trade, and economic relations with other countries.
Pottery and porcelain artists today have lots access to modern styles and can freely choose their equipment. But they all still believe the traditional beliefs. Some copy ancient designs, and others produce modern pieces. With their minds, their hands, and clay and fire, these pottery artists express their professional experience, their creativity. New ceramic making from the United States are combined with traditional Chinese methods to creating modern works of ceramic art. Some contemporary pottery makers have begun using natural gas as a fuel for firing pottery in their kiln.
Pottery and porcelain artists today have lots access to modern styles and can freely choose their equipment. But they all still believe the traditional beliefs. Some copy ancient designs, and others produce modern pieces. With their minds, their hands, and clay and fire, these pottery artists express their professional experience, their creativity. New ceramic making from the United States are combined with traditional Chinese methods to creating modern works of ceramic art. Some contemporary pottery makers have begun using natural gas as a fuel for firing pottery in their kiln.