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area about eight miles south of Zap, North Dakota. Which is in close vicinity to the Medicine Butte Quarry. (See Fig. 2) One could speculate that the Knife River Flint that was collected could be from the Medicine Butte Quarry. Knife River Flint is the most important component for this experiment, so a high quantity of high quality Knife River was needed. The other materials need for the experiment was a regular home oven, a cast iron pot, sand, hard hammer, soft hammer, pressure flaker and a reliable timer, since time plays a large part in this experiment. There a many different ways that can be employed to heat-treat Knife River Flint. The use of a home oven, kiln, fire pit, or a barbeque has been used to heat-treat Knife River Flint. I opted for the home oven method because I didn’t have access to a kiln or a barbeque, and a fire pit would have been hard to accomplish as the ground was to frozen to dig. Knife River Flint can be heat-treated at low temperatures, so a home oven would work for this experiment. The highest temperature of the oven needed to be was 350 degrees Fahrenheit. The Knife River Flint was broken up into smaller nodules. Some of the nodules had its cortex purposely left on to measure if the cortex color changed throughout the heating. A cast iron pot was used as a vessel to house the Knife River Flint. A ¼ inch layer of sand was spread on the bottom of the cast iron pot, and then the nodules of Knife River Flint were placed on top of the…

The downfall to extruding clay parts is that they may require great pressure to push the clay through the die or could emerge with holes if the clay is poorly wedged or too dry. Clay may be experimented with in additives to the clay body. This could be paper, up to 20-30 percent, to make a lightweight fragile clay as the paper is burnt out in the kiln. Wood shavings may also be added to add texture to the clay while also lowering shrinkage and creating a porous body. Metal is sometimes added for…

1 for wall tile and 1 for Floor tile. Then after, the 3rd Kiln for Floor tiles was built and respective set up was established in the year 2015. I was one of the members in setting up this third Kiln. I was responsible of supervising the progress of the Kiln. It was a great experience for me to be a part of this great project. All the 3 Kilns for firing the floor and wall tile were totally on the independent lines. They were fired with the Natural Gas. These were the Cross-Port Regenerative…

Now, the mug goes through a slow drying process for about 10 days to allow all excess water to evaporate from the product forming earthenware. This earthenware is now ready for the first firing or bisque firing. All ten mugs are carried on a wooden tray, five at a time, up the back stairs to the kiln room where there are more shelves to receive the work in progress. The kiln room located in the garage has efficient heat exhaust from the garage window and when the garage door is raised. The mugs…

Four major kiln sites have been found in China producing Tang Sancai during the Tang dynasty, which are Gongxian Kiln in Henan Province, the Xing Kiln in Hebei Province, the Huangbu Kiln and the Liquanfang Kiln in Shaanxi Province (Ma et al. 2014). Material for Tang Sancai wares during the Tang dynasty came from the natural mineral which is locally produced. The colour it appeared on the glaze came from the natural impurities (Wood 2001). Therefore, the chemical composition of the material is…

Nineteen Twenty Two The Vyses In the 1920s, gas kilns were not generally available, a studio potter was not able to achieve the temperature required to vitrify hard-paste porcelain. Charles Vyse had begun experimenting with his existing gas kiln, from about 1922. He was endeavouring to raise the temperature of his kiln to that required to fire stoneware vessels. By using devices of his own contrivance, he was able to achieve temperatures up to 1280 °C, in which bone china fires successfully.…

You as a player are no different the fire keeper says it, the emerald herald says it, The grave warden says it. As the ancient dragon says “The curse of life is the curse of want and you peer into the fog in hope of answers”. This game more than any other souls game is about a search for answers. I presume that this is why most of the items have questions as the description because they want you to question the world you find yourself in. So we start with the throne of want, what is it? Well…

fact that these early kilns could be controlled and manipulated to reach such incredibly high temperatures is a feat within itself, that gives great cadence to the Shang period potters. It is this kind of experimentation that distinguishes Shang pottery. On a different note, one must keep the minute details in mind when looking at the vast history of pottery in China. The small details within pottery can tell archaeologists a lot about the process of manufacturing, even if some aspects do not…

The clay used to make pottery can be found all throughout Greece, but the finest was from Attica and Corinth. Corinth clay was a pale buff color when fired while Attica clay was more of an orange-red color. Attica clay has high contents of iron and the element illite that gives its pottery glaze a beautiful glow. Black-figure, however, was made with only one type of clay. The clay was found near Athens and had lots of iron in it, which caused it to look black when it is wet. However, when fired…

The character Min, from A Single Shard has many unique traits that one would consider a weakness. A character traits that Min possesses that one would consider a weakness is that he is a perfectionist. One quote that shows how Min is a perfectionist is, "Min had smashed the vases himself." This quote shows how Min is a perfectionist because even though the inlay work in the vases were close to perfect, Min still smashed the vases because the glaze was off. He could still use the vases to…