weird colourful egg shape sculpture, Tao Hong Tai Ceramics Factory in Ratchaburi, Thailand

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Tao Hong Tai Ceramics Factory is the first ceramics factory in Ratchaburi. At the factory, they produce a wide variety of high quality ceramics including Chinese, Thai, and modern are weird and colourful designs but all are wonderfully amazing ,. The factory is family owned and operated for over 60 years is one of the oldest ceramic factories in Ratchaburi with its history paralleling that of Ratchaburi’s rich history of ceramic production in Thailand. There are five basic steps that Tao Hong Tai uses in producing its high-quality ceramics are as follow: 1. First step is to prepare the clay 2. Form the shape of the ceramic (four methods): a. Form by hand b. Throwing on a pottery wheel c: Press mold d. Casting 3. Decorate or draw the design (if any) by hand 4. Glaze 5. Firing in kiln 1100 to 1300 degrees Celsius depending on type of ceramic - three types of kilnsare used - wood, gas, and electric - each having a special effect on the ceramic and glaze The raw materials used in producing the ceramics : - red clay from Ratchaburi; - white clay from the North and South Provinces of Thailand; - glaze which comes from ash, black clay, feldspar, and calcium carbonate from Ratchaburi; - colors for designs and glazes come from metal oxides such as iron, copper and manganese (all produced in Thailand) and cobalt which must be imported;

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Location: Tao Hong Tai Ceramics Factory in Ratchaburi, Thailand
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