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FROM PAST
FUTURE
ONCE
UPON A TIME, SOME KIDS OF THE EARTHENWARE POST AND LARGE USED IN THE
KITCHENS HAD BEINGS SOLD AT THE BAZAAR SOMEWHERE IN ANATOLIA.THE GOODS
WHICH HAD BEEN BROUGHT BY A WOMAN HAD BEEN PREFERRED MORE AND SOLD AT
QUICKLY.THE OTHER SALESMEN WERE IN SUPRIZE
EVERYTIME.THEY DECIDED TO FIND OUT THE SECRET WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE
PROPERTIES OF THE SOIL USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE POTS.THEY BEGAN
TO MIGRATE TO KÜTAHYA TO PROCEDURE THERE.NOW IT IS “THE CITY OF
CERAMICS”.THIS ART HAVE BEEN CONTIUED SINCE 14 TH CENTURY IN KÜTAHYA.AND
THE FIRST COLLECTICE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY THE EMPLOYEES AND THE
BOSSES HERE IN 1766.
MANY STEPS ARE USED IN THE PRODUCTION.FIRST IS BODY PREPARETION
SECTION TO MAKE A CLAY FOR THROWING AND OTHER STYLES.MANY DIFFERENTRAW
MATERIALS ARE USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF ”ÇİNİ”.SOME ARE KAOLIN,
DOLOMIT,CALCIT AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF CLAYS AND QUARTZ.THEY ARE MIXED
IN THE BALL MILLS FOR 8 HOURS THEN IT IS PUMPED TO THE POOLS TOSTAY 1
DAY.THEN IT IS PRESSED IN THE FILTRES AND IN VACOOMS TO GET THE WATER
AND AIR OUT.IT IS READY FOR FORMING.
THE CLAY IS SHAPED BY THE SKILLSFULL HANDS OF THE THROWERS.AFTER
FORMING THE PLATES,THE VASSES OR THE POTS, THEY FIRED IN THE KILNS
THOSE WORK WITH ELECTRYCITY IN 980-1000 °C.THIS STEP IS NAMED
“BISQOUIT FIRING”.
THE SABLE FUR BRUSHES ARE USED IN THE DECORATION.THE PRODUCTIONS THAT
WERE COMPLETED THE DECORATION ARE GLAZED AND PUT IN THE KILNS IN THE
SECOND TIME IN 870-900°C.THIS NAMED “GLOST FIRING”. OUR FAMILY HAVE
BEEN CONTINUING THIS ART SINCE 1895 WHEN OUR GRAND GRANDFATHER HAD
BEGUN TO PRODUCE POTS FIRST.
WE ARE PROUD OF COMING FROM THIS KIND OF FAMILY THAT THE FIRST ARTISTS
WERE IN.NOW WE ARE WORKING WITH 25 PERSONS IN OUR ATELY THAT NAMED
ANATOLIAN HANDCRAFTS GALLERY”.ALL OUR PRODUCTS ARE COMPLETELY HAND
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