GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Pottery
Gerabahadalah tools made from clay molded and then baked to then be used as useful tools that help the living.
 
Origin
Pottery is thought to have existed since the time of early humans. In historic sites, has found many ancient pottery that serves as home furnishings.
 
Kind
- Dishes - Kendi - Jars - Anglo - Kuali - Piggy bank - Pot - Pottery decoration

 
 
Manufacture
  1. Taking clay. Clay was taken by digging directly into the soil containing much clay is good. A good clay red brown or brownish-white. Clay that has been excavated and collected in one place to the next process.
  2. Preparation of clay. Clay that had accumulated water to wet evenly watered and then allowed to stand for one to two days. After that, then clay milled to make it more sticky and clay. There are two ways of grinding that is manually and mechanically. Milling done manually moved at how trample the clay to be resilient and smooth. While secar mechanically using a steamroller. Best results will be generated by using a manual milling process.
  3. The process of formation. After passing the grinding process, the clay ready to be formed in accordance with the wishes. Various shapes and designs depat produced from clay. How much clay and how long it takes depends on how big the pottery to be produced, shape and design. Potter will use both hands to shape the clay and the second leg to rotate the rotator (perbot). Similarity of motion and concentration is necessary to be able to do so. The tools used are rotator (perbot), paddle, rounded stone, a small cloth. Water is also very necessary to establish a good pottery.
  4. Drying. After the final shape has been formed, then forwarded to the drying. Before drying in the sun, which had somewhat hardened pottery mashed with water and a small cloth and then dibatik with flint. After that a new sun-dried until completely dry. The length of drying time adjusted to the weather and hot sun.
  5. Combustion. After the vessels become hard and dry completely, then a lot of pottery collected in one place or furnace. Pottery-pottery is then burned for several hours until completely hard. This process is done so that pottery is really hard and not easily broken. Fuel used for combustion process is a dry straw, dried coconut leaves or firewood.
  6. Completion. In the process of refinement, pottery so it can be painted with special paint or glazed so it looks beautiful and attractive so that the high value.

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