SlovenščinaCatalogue of Slovene clays

sample03Kuštanovci · Prekmurje

46.788796 16.188654

Collected by Štefan Zelko

Pottery Kiln in Filovci – Kuštanovci · Prekmurje
Pottery Kiln in Filovci
Photo Jakob Karol – Archive SEM

Kuštanovci

The village is surrounded by forests that are extremely abundant with mushrooms and chestnuts, so they attract numerous mushroom gatherers from other parts of Slovenia every year. The slopes are mostly covered with fields, whereas there are meadows along the valleys and many vineyards on the slopes. The homesteads are surrounded by orchards.

The village experienced its real development after the independence of Slovenia when it got its first asphalt roads and today, I can say that the asphalt roads are connected to each house. On the hamlet of Vrej, there is a firehouse and a chapel with a bell tower from the beginning of the 20th century and a mortuary hall with a cemetery. Where the present-day chapel is located, all its predecessors also stood but they were mainly made of wood. In the bell tower, there are two bells from 1923.

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Sample 03 is clay from Kuštanovci (Prekmurje). The recommended firing temperature is 900–1100 °C. The beginning of sintering is at 1100–1250 °C. At 1100 °C shrinkage is 14 % and porosity 1 %.

Clay samples

  1. Sample 03 – 800 °C800 °C
  2. Sample 03 – 900 °C900 °C
  3. Sample 03 – 1000 °C1000 °C
  4. Sample 03 – 1100 °C1100 °C
  5. Sample 03 – 1200 °C1200 °C
  6. Sample 03 – 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. 1 % = 1.0 mm1 % = 1.0 mm
  5. 0.5 % = 0.2 mm0.5 % = 0.2 mm
  6. 0.5 % = 0.05 mm0.5 % = 0.05 mm