Wood Fired Ceramics

The way in which colors are applied to a ceramic surface provides reliable evidence for dating an object. Indexes that can be seen by the naked eye, or better even in a normal lens with a magnifying power of three to ten magnitudes.

In the past, the brush was the only form of ceramics, painting. The vacuum brush responsible for the continuous painting and the paint layer becomes thinner as it moves over the surface. This gradual reduction of the amount of paint on the brush creates differences subtle shade of loans increased intensity of color images.

The rising cost of labor compared to plants in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries led to a general search for the new machined ceramic decoration. First to introduce transfer printing has been the English ceramics industry. The first transfer is printed in black and wear it applies to or under the glaze. After 1750, cobalt blue, was preferred and used under the glaze. Pieces with this technique can not be manufactured before 1750. This technique involves coating a copper plate with a thin layer that was resistant to acid Recorder draws its design, exposing the shiny metal underneath. The plate is immersed in an acid bath diluited. The engraved plate is inked and wiped, leaving ink surface only in the design. Finally, the plate is passed through two rollers and is printed on absorbent paper, then still wet, is pressed against the surface to be decorated, the transfer of recorded ceramics, which is placed in the oven.

The deeper the incision at the plate, the greater the amount of color transferred.
Techniques modern printing, such as using mechanical picture, have been implemented around the same time, also to decorate the pottery. The application of color is uniform.
The variation in thickness of paint layer and the range of levels created thus enables a stroke in hand, be clearly distinguished from a specimen.

Toward late 19th century or the process of four-color lithography was introduced for the transfer of painting on porcelain. A room decorated by this method can not be dated before 1880. In the modern reproduction allows us to see the tiny dots of color typical printing process in the place a touch of color to the left by a brush.

The quality of the painting is of paramount importance in determining the commercial value and artistic ceramic element. However, it should adopt different criteria to evaluate the production of Asian and Western countries. Fine brush strokes can be seen for example in parts of China and Japan can be performed more easily by hand experts from the painters of the artists of Europe and Asia the art of using the brush to write Chinese is taught in Japan since childhood.

Daniel Turriani studied and collected Asian Art for nearly 20 years, famous worldwide personalities from the world of sport, fashion and entertainment are among his clients. He offers free evaluations on Asian Art at dreamartuk@aol.com

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