Ceramics is one of the oldest crafts in the face of the earth. This can be witnessed in the discovery of archaeological objects embedded in the ground. One type of the objects that are found objects such as ceramic containers: jars, drinking utensils, tools and other offerings; in addition to the discovery of objects-made of stone and metal. Forms are also found in the form of human and animal figurines.
It is proved that the ceramic-ancient man may not call it is a ceramic-man at the time of the creation of a very important and this can be used as a marker of civilization from era to era. Why is that? Because the rate of progress of time it can be seen from the appreciation of the ceramic.
The term here means a common ceramic, not just ceramic clay (traditional ceramics). In ancient times people make ceramics as the equipment is so simple. This can be seen in the pottery-pottery / pottery were discovered as archaeological objects. In the era pottery objects that are the result of a cultural mirror.
Decorative shown jelas.Mereka complex and able to make a strong and solid objects from the ground. They have mastered the technology of how to change into a pile of crumbly soil useful paraphernalia.
Although it still looks simple, but the application of art form motifs of animals / plants added to beautify the look of the thing. In fact not just appear as decoration, the motifs are sometimes implies symbol / code that indicates the progress of civilization at that time.
For centuries the ceramic molded by hand directly; estimated at 3600 BC until the rotary tool was first discovered in Mesopotania, that their construction is similar to today’s rotary tool used to form ceramic objects simeitris.
Manufacturing techniques and pola-pola/pattern at various places and periods resemblance along the lines of silk from the Far East to China. So that the distribution of ceramics often these days and times according to the pattern / pattern that developed at that time.
Ceramics, for thousands of years continues to develop into a material that is very important to the present time. What we see today has been remarkable progress. Almost every piece of technology products found ceramic material. The parts of the spacecraft of the United States is made of ceramic, because keramiklah heat-resistant materials when the plane in and out of Earth’s atmosphere.
Or when we open a CPU (Personal Computer Unit), it will show most of the devices made of ceramic. This is because ceramics have unique properties not shared by other materials. Matter the field of art, we can see the rapid progress of tile. We can see the glazed ceramic objects are very diverse. Glaze-glaze was made not only on experience but is based solely on science / science.