SlovenščinaCatalogue of Slovene clays

sample16Češnjevek · Upper Carniola

46.264742 14.361337

Collected by Ana Ida

Traditional Clay Preparation in Cyprus – Češnjevek · Upper Carniola
Traditional Clay Preparation in Cyprus
Photo Ana Ida

Češnjevek

The Erasmus for Young Entrepreneur programme financially supported my desire to explore ceramics. I spent the summer of 2016 in Cyprus, which is not just an oasis of financial speculation, but also a real treasure trove of beautiful ancient ceramics. Under the mentorship of the potter Andreas Fasoulides, I searched for areas rich in clay, learned how to make copies of ceramics from the Bronze Age and built an improvised wood-fired kiln. When the tongues of fire surrounded pottery early in the evening, a real feast started. Andreas's family grilled fish, we drank wine and nibbled fruit. A potter’s life is hard!

Ana Ida

Sample 16 is clay from Češnjevek (Upper Carniola). The recommended firing temperature is 900–1050 °C. The beginning of sintering is at 1050–1200 °C. At 1100 °C shrinkage is 12 % and porosity 3 %.

Clay samples

  1. Sample 16 – 800 °C800 °C
  2. Sample 16 – 900 °C900 °C
  3. Sample 16 – 1000 °C1000 °C
  4. Sample 16 – 1100 °C1100 °C
  5. Sample 16 – 1200 °C1200 °C
  6. Sample 16 – 1300 °C1300 °C
segrevanjeheating uppriporočena temp. žganjarecommended firing temperatureszačetek sintranjathe beginning of sinteringmehčanjesofteningžganje/firing °C%%00224466881010121214141616181820202222suha glina/dry clay900 °C1000 °C1100 °C1200 °C1300 °C
  • segrevanje
    heating up
  • priporočena temp. žganja
    recommended firing temperatures
  • začetek sintranja
    the beginning of sintering
  • mehčanje
    softening
%048121620suhadry9001000110012001300°C
poroznost/porosity %skrčki/shrinkage %

Clay preparation for testing

  1. unprocessed clayunprocessed clay
  2. sifted and dried claysifted and dried clay
  3. 012341.00.20.05%grain size in mm
  4. 2.7 % = 1.0 mm2.7 % = 1.0 mm
  5. 0.3 % = 0.2 mm0.3 % = 0.2 mm
  6. 0.1 % = 0.05 mm0.1 % = 0.05 mm