About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 125. Chapters: Kiln, Amphora, Sherd, Porcelain, Terracotta, Mexican ceramics, Ceramic art, History of pottery in the Southern Levant, Oil lamp, Minoan pottery, Egyptian faience, Minoan chronology, Islamic pottery, Vitreous enamel, Barro negro pottery, Soft-paste porcelain, Native American pottery, Tree of Life, Glaze defects, List of pottery terms, Ceramics museum, Ceramic chemistry, Stoneware, Potter's wheel, Potters without borders, Pyrometric cone, Jug, Ceramic glaze, Ceramic forming techniques, Imbrex and tegula, Zellige, Bone china, Black-burnished ware, Pyrometric device, Saggar fired pottery, Olla, Dedham Pottery, Asbestos-Ceramic, Decalcomania, Crazing, Lao ceramics, Khabur ware, Ethical pot, Muffle furnace, Palissy, Hummel figurines, Earthenware, Empty Bowls, Ball clay, Slip, Palayok, Fritware, Bisque, Sea pottery, Puzzle jug, Reducing atmosphere, Aprey Faience, Vase, Colonoware, Pottery fracture, Dunt, Pit fired pottery, Palissy ware, Lug, Heatwork, Slipcasting, Ceramic molding, RAM press, Poorna kumbham, Pinch pot, Aluminia, Seljuq pottery, Pygg, Container Revolution, Crock, Impasto, Gouda, Blunger, Bead-rim pottery, Pitchers, Majolica, Pottery gauge, Tile crank, Rib tool, Bonedry, Production pottery, Kiln spurs. Excerpt: Ceramics and pottery in Mexico date back thousands of years before the Pre-Columbian period, when ceramic arts and pottery crafts developed with the first advanced civilizations and cultures of Mesoamerica. With one exception, pre-Hispanic wares were not glazed, but rather burnished and painted with colored fine clay slips. The potter's wheel was unknown as well; pieces were shaped by molding, coiling, and other methods. After the Spanish Invasion and Conquest, European techniques and designs were introduced, nearly wiping out the native traditions. Indigenous traditions survive in a few pottery items...
