How is delftware made

Then, the pieces of washed soil were transported by boat to the Delftware factories. When the washed clay arrived at the factory, it was stored in masonry pits and watered from time to time. With bare feet, he would stand on the heap of clay and stomp it into a large round form. Then the clay was cut and kneaded into large square pieces and brought to the potting wheel. The workmen at the potting wheel would divide the clods into smaller pieces and knead the clay.

When the objects were dried to a certain degree of firmness, they were brought back to the throwing wheel to smooth the surface. Vessels that are not round or are composed of multiple pieces cannot be thrown on a wheel.

First, the vormer would sculpt a piece of clay into a figure. When the completed figure was dry, he created a dam of clay around the piece. Then, plaster was mixed with water by hand and poured between the figure and the dam, coating all the cavities of the sculpted piece. After the object was removed from the mold, its surface was smoothed.

Like the thrown objects, formed pieces were also placed in the attic to dry. Their work was largely done on the floor in front of the kiln, from the preparation, the filling of the kiln and the firing. After the objects came out of the oven, any remaining dust or sand were cleaned with a long soft-haired brush. Once the objects were dried, the Delftware painter would decorate them.

Painting Delftware was difficult, since the painter could not let the brush rest on the piece, because the earthenware would soak up all the paint. The decoration of these pieces was painted predominantly in blue, yellow, orange or ochre, green and manganese, colours derived from mineral oxides. These were created by the stacking of the pieces on top of another in the kiln, separated by ceramic triangles that had to be broken away after the firing.

In that process, the points where the triangles had rested would leave their mark: a small unglazed scar. T, exh. He married a woman from Antwerp and laid the foundation of a family business that produced majolica during the whole of the 16th century.

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