Mass Produced Ceramics

Ever wonder how mugs are made from scratch without slip cast molds or other mass production methods.

Mass produced ceramics.

Sculpture an artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three dimensional art objects. Synthetic sic powder has been mass produced since 1893 for use as an abrasive. The monomer is then polymerized to immobilize the particles and to form a gel like bonding phase. Ceramics can be defined as a class of inorganic nonmetallic solids that are subjected to high temperatures for manufacturing use.

I spoke about the term traditional ceramics which will be the focus of this post it refers to ceramic products that are produced from unrefined clay and combinations of refined clay and powdered or granulated non plastic minerals i e. It is lighter and smaller in size but at the same time it s denser in structure than armor steel. Using gel casting we can fabricate strong ceramic components. Have you ever stop.

This video is about the connection between chef and artist and the resurgence of using handmade ceramics pottery and dinnerware in restaurants in san francisco and beyond. There is a need for something between the 50 handmade pot and the 50 wal mart pot. This starts with milling and ends with packaging the mugs and sending them to your doorstep. Ceramic particles are dispersed in a monomer solution to form a slurry casting slip and poured into the mold.

The designs may be embodied in freestanding objects in reliefs on surfaces or in environments ranging from tableaux to contexts that envelop the spectator. Corundum ceramic plates can protect not only personnel but also air assets land based equipment and marine applications from armor piercing bullets and projectile. Grains of silicon carbide can be bonded together by sintering to form very hard ceramics that are widely used in applications requiring high endurance such as car brakes car clutches and ceramic plates in bulletproof vests. Just as limited edition hand bound art books have their place alongside the modern mass printed book and e book handmade and mass produced ceramics don t necessarily conflict with each other.

To date preparation works for starting mass production is underway.