Vietnamese pottery wholesale , Glazed Planters, Outdoor Glazed Pots

We know about self watering containers, but how about self watering garden beds?

This concept is simple, was used by ancient peoples, and is extremely efficient. It's called an olla. Pronounced "oy-yah", it is a vase shaped unglazed clay terra cotta vessel with a slender neck and a lid. Beautiful yet simple, the idea is to bury the vessel in the garden bed, fill it with water periodically, and plant around it.

Because the vessel is porous, it slowly releases water into the surrounding soil as plant roots need it, and because the pot is buried, evaporation is severely reduced. I'd been reading about ollas and was interested in trying them, but hadn't acted on it. As luck would have it, I was at at the Plant and Pottery Outlet in Sunol, and there they were...for $10 each! I couldn't resist, so I took a couple of them home to try in my vegetable beds.

Ollas before they were buried, placed about 4 or 4-1/2' apart in my beds. I placed my two ollas about 4-1/2' apart in my tomato/pepper bed. Buried up to their chins and filled with water. Now just waiting to see how the plants like it! The History From what I've read, olla irrigation has been traced back as far as 4000 years in China, and is thought to originate in Africa. It is and has been used by cultures all over the world.
Water Savings Water tends to seep through the wide, bulbous part of the pot which is deeper in the soil, not through the neck, so the surface soil stays on the dry side. The surface soil would act like mulch, reducing evaporation.
With the surface soil dry, it is said that fewer weeds will germinate. I will still mulch deeply, to keep as much moisture in the soil as possible, and keep the soil life happy and thriving. I love to experiment in the garden and I love this concept. It's so elegant and simple. I'm excited to see how the tomatoes and peppers do. I'll post pictures and an update as the season progresses.

Bohemian Lawn & Garden

A stylish, bohemian lawn and garden means a little bit eclectic and a little modern, but always colorful and fun. A boho look is perfect for those who like to mix it up with colors, textures and patterns, plus the bohemian look is very forgiving. The beauty of a boho look is that you can combine multiple pieces, for a contemporary mix of colors and patterns. An easy way to add boho style to your lawn and garden is by mixing three, unexpected colors in one space, for a pop of personality. Our favorite boho look is combining our ever popular, large décor planter, in burnt orange, aqua and cream. Three colors, which would otherwise be monotonous on their own, come together to create a unique, playful and easy focal point for any lawn and garden.

Faced with a sea of choices, if you select the wrong pot, you can waste money, time and even damage your plants. There are three main features to consider when choosing containers: Drainage, Porosity and Weight. These and other factors, can help you avoid making costly mistakes.

It may save you a lot of heartache later, by taking into consideration how porous & heavy a pot is, as well as its drainage characteristics.

Drainage – whichever container you select, it must have adequate drainage holes. Healthy plants not only need room to grow, but also adequate oxygen for the roots. Excess water must be able to escape or plants will drown.
Porosity – porous containers such as those made from unglazed terracotta or clay, timber, paper pulp and other natural materials allow moisture and air to move through them. The key benefits with materials that ‘breathe’ is this allows air to circulate around plant roots and as the moisture evaporates out the side of the pot it cools the soil and helps draw excess water and prevents rotting. The down side is these containers dry out more quickly and so does the potting mix so they need watering more frequently.
Weight – Moist soil gets very heavy and if you choose a heavy container, this will make it harder to move it around. It’s advisable to consider the total weight (soil + pot + plants + water) of each container. This is really important if you are gardening on a balcony or deck. You may need to consult an engineer to find out if the structural capacity can handle the additional weight. If mobility and changing the look of your garden on a regular basis is an important consideration, select containers made from lightweight materials or put them on castors before you plant them out. However, if you want stability in a windy or exposed position, then a heavy container may be a more suitable choice for top-heavy or tall plants.

Other aspects that may play a role in your decision include:

Aesthetics: Colour, shape, size and ornamental value.

Cost & Time: Depending on your budget and time you have to spend, you may choose to reuse or recycle containers rather than have the convenience of buying new. Many people prefer to use pre-loved or repurposed containers or pots rather than buy at full retail cost. You can save money, extend the life of an object rather than throwing it away and add character to your garden with a little creative thinking.

Food Safe: Some materials like plastics and metal can leach chemicals into the soil, so you may also want to select your containers very carefully if you plan to grow food.

Maintenance: If you want low maintenance pots, consider a material that doesn’t need restoring from time to time such as wood. Wooden containers may need to be treated annually with a preservative or stain to retain their appearance and prevent deterioration in the weather. Using such chemicals adds to the overall cost and can be a health hazard, especially if you are growing food. However if you love a rustic or earthy look, want to grow ornamentals and have the time, then these may not be issues for you.

Durability: The length of life depends on the quality and type of materials used and where the container will be located. Think about whether you only need a temporary container or one that will last for longer.

Insulation properties: How quickly a container heats or cools can play an important role in pot selection. In cool weather, consider selecting a pot with good thermal properties in a dark colour that attracts heat. This may be an advantage to protect vulnerable roots against frost and help extend the growing season by keeping the soil warmer for longer. In hot weather, dense containers like polystyrene boxes help provide a buffer against the heat.

Environmental issues: Safety, sustainability and ethics of materials used. If you are not sure if the materials used in a product are safe, then ask for a Material Safety Data Sheet from the retailer or manufacturer. This provides a list of chemical treatments used and the health risks (if any).

Portability: You may choose a heavier pot if you are unlikely to move it. A lightweight one is a good choice if you want to bring it indoors occasionally, protect it from the weather or pests, or just change the look of your container garden from time to time.

Buy Local: Consider the impact of transport and production processes in your decision. The further a pot has travelled from its place of manufacture, the bigger the impact on the environment. Transport involves use of petroleum which contributes to pollution, the greenhouse effect and depletes non-renewable resources. Ask your retailer where the pots are made. The type of energy used to fire a pot generally depends on where the pot is made. Ceramic pots for example, are fired using gas (least damaging), coal or wood/rice husks (most damaging). Italian pots are usually gas-fired high quality terracotta. Pots made in Malaysia are gas-fired, fully glazed pots with raw rims. Pots from China are usually gas-fired and fully glazed but coal and oil are used in their manufacture. Indonesian pots are generally unglazed and wood fired (using wood and rice husks).

Vietnamese Pottery

I guess that I have had a long love affair with Pottery.

From the traditional Tiger Pots of Singapore to the beautiful, bright colourful glazed pots now coming out of China and Vietnam I love them all.

When you are an expatriate living in the Middle East planting in pots means that if you have to move house or apartment you can take your beloved garden with you. It is also much easier to control water and nutrients if your plant is in a pot and the variety of pots available now means there is so much choice in size, design, material and colour.

Vietnamese pottery has a long history spanning back to thousands of years ago, long before the Chinese dominated the region. There was an unknown civilization which lived in Cát Tiên, South Vietnam between the 4th century and 9th centuries AD that made pottery and ceramics.

Vietnamese pottery is unique because throughout the centuries Vietnamese potters have combined indigenous and Chinese elements as well as experimenting with both original and individual styles.
They have introduced features from other cultures, such as Cambodia and India. At one time a Chinese emperor unsuccessfully tried to invade Vietnam but as a consequence the Vietnamese potters learnt how to make blue and white earthenware which was then exported all over Asia and became the most popular pottery in South East Asia.

When the Vietnamese pottery arrived in regions such as Persia, Java and China the potters of those countries started to copy the designs from Vietnam and mixed it in with their own traditional designs. At one time China banned exports of its own pottery for a thirty year period and this naturally allowed the Vietnamese pottery/ceramic industry to expand and become widely known in the world.

One of the reasons why Vietnam has always been a producer of Pottery is that it has lots of really good clay. Clay has to have two essential components, Silica and Alumina this type of clay is called Kaolinite and this is the type of clay that is found naturally in Vietnam.

Pottery is made from clay then it is heated to high temperatures in a kiln which removes all water from the clay, this process also produces reactions that lead to permanent changes including strength, hardness, shape and colour.
The properties of clays differ from country to country and it’s these properties that will define how the Pottery will turn out after it has been in the kiln. In Vietnam the clay is known for its high quality which makes the pottery strong and durable.

Another important part of making pottery is the kiln.

In the Middle East you can buy clay pottery from stalls or shops off the side of the road but unfortunately these have not been in a kiln so they still have moisture in them and it will only be a matter of time before they crack and start disintegrating.
The original Kilns in Vietnam were called Dragon Kilns.

They were called dragon kilns because they resemble the mythical beast’s body. A dragon kiln was built with bricks and earth had a sloping elongated tunnel, with a fire-box at the front end and a flue at the higher tail end where smoke was emitted. Pottery pieces were fired inside the tunnel using wood for fuel. During firing the crackling sounds of burning, rumbling noise of hot air, flames shooting from the fire-box and stoke holes and smoke escaping from cracks and chimney, make the kiln resemble a raging, fire-spewing dragon.

Unfortunately the Dragon Kilns became redundant but recently there has been movement by some countries to restore them.

In Vietnam all working Kilns are wood-fired as opposed to gas, electric or oil fired. Burning wood not only produces heat of up to 1400°C (2,500 °F), it also produces fly ash and volatile salts. Wood ash settles on the pieces during the firing, and the complex interaction between flame, ash, and the minerals of the clay body forms a natural ash glaze. If this glaze is not wanted then the items are placed in special covered containers inside the Kiln.

The history of Pottery from each country very much follows the history and development of that country and I find this makes the Pottery on my balcony and in my garden all the more interesting.

Brick in the wall: Local researcher Nguyen Viet Hong introduces a piece of earthenware brick dating back to the 9-10th century. A small part of Hong's collection was lent to the Kim Lan Ceramic History Museum for display.

by Nguyen Khanh Chi

An old-style tile-roofed house appeared in the middle of a large open public ground next to the headquarters of Kim Lan Commune People's Committee. Hesitation stopped me for a while before I entered the first community museum in Viet Nam.

The ceramic wares inside glass cabinets quickly caught my eyes. There were too many pieces to comprehend during a short visit.

I intended to take my eight-year-old son to nearby Bat Trang Village, which is known far and wide for pottery making. However, a talk with some other passengers on bus No 47 from Ha Noi's centre convinced me to change direction.

Kim Lan, the last stop of the bus route, is actually one of the oldest pottery villages in the land of Thang Long (the old name of Ha Noi). Kim Lan Village, several kilometres across the Red River from Bat Trang Village, was where the craft originated before it spread to Bat Trang.

Previously Kim Lan commune was located on the bank extending out to the Red River at the site of the current Kim Lan community. However, annual flooding, especially the large floods between 1970 and 1971, eroded the land. This also exposed the earthenware and ceramics that prompted the subsequent archaeological excavation.

Kim Lan doesn't enjoy as vibrant a business as Bat Trang as its residents focus on farming and pottery, while those living in the latter see pottery as their main livelihood. Thus, visitors to this craft village should not expect a bustling scene.

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History lesson: The Kim Lan Ceramic History Museum is a real treat for those interested in learning about the history of Vietnamese pottery.

Nevertheless, the Kim Lan Ceramic History Museum is a real treat for those interested in learning about the history of Vietnamese pottery.

The museum opened in March last year thanks to the efforts of late Japanese archaeologist Nishimura Masanari and five elderly village craftsmen. It was granted a Bui Xuan Phai – Love for Ha Noi 2013 award in the Job category.

Valuable collection

The 300 pieces of earthenware not only create a vivid picture of the village's past and present, they also provide a glimpse of the country's pottery-making history.

"The artefacts displayed inside the museum make a significant contribution to the study of Viet Nam's ceramic and pottery history," said Dr Bui Minh Tri of the Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences.

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Tourist attraction: The museum has so far attracted mostly local students as well as Thai and Japanese tourists. — VNS Photos Truong Vi

Tri said archaeological studies revealed that Kim Lan villagers were involved in the craft as early as the 9th century, although it flourished between the 13th and 14th centuries.

Pieces ranging from bowls, plates and tea sets to animal figures, tiles and bricks are numbered and described in Vietnamese, Japanese and English. The variety of techniques used, from blue and white colouring to celadon and paired white and brown glazes, offers insight into the different eras of production, which stretched from the 7th to 18th century.

Vietnamese ceramics entered the international market in the 14th century, when they were exported to the rest of Southeast Asia as well as Egypt, Iran, India and Japan.

A shipwreck off Hoi An, which retained a cargo of Vietnamese ceramics dating to the 15th century, further proves the extent of international trade at that time.

Kishimoto Kosei, a Japanese sports and culture critic, donated ceramics from the shipwreck such as underglaze-cobalt jars, bowls and boxes to the museum.

There are also goods from other Southeast Asian countries, such as a set of earthenware from Cambodia, round jars from Indonesia and vases from Malaysia.

A set of ceramic liquor bottles made in Okinawa and an intact Dutch coffee bean grinder from the 19th-20th century revealed the unique features of ceramic wares from other regions.

Head of the Research Group Nguyen Viet Hong lives about 500m away. Visiting his house with the help of the museum guards, I was amazed to find out that the artefacts lent to the museum only formed a small part of his actual collection. Sets of bronze coins hung on the walls; other objects were contained in glass cabinets and boxes.

"Based on the excavated artefacts and structures, we identified that there was ceramic production around the Bai Ham Rong archaeological site between the Ly and Tran dynasties," the 78-year-old researcher said.

"The large number of bronze coins that I gathered indicates that there were also bronze casting workshops at the site between the 16th and 17th centuries."

Many tour companies have taken tourists, mostly Japanese and Thais, to see the old man's collection after visiting the museum. He has even been asked to sell it, but he always refused.

"I learn about our history in order to leave it to my offspring. If I sold them, it would be like selling my ancestors' sweat and efforts," Hong said. — VNS

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Pottery is not just a significant and traditional craft in Vietnam, but also an important means of livelihood. The Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An is a famous example in this type of an establishment that aims at furthering tradition as well as employment. The Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An is located in the Quang Nam Province in the Thanh Ha ward; Hoi An lies 3 Km to the east of it. The pottery village has a long historical legacy attached to it.

The tradition dated back to the time when the Nguyen Dynasty of Hue invited craftsmen f-rom the Thanh Ha Pottery Village to fashion some decorative as well as useful articles for the palace. This one event gained them sufficient renown to last them a lifetime. Henceforth, the village began a Mandrain system of grading craftsmen according to their talent. The most talented held the ninth position. The pottery at the Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An are all manually crafted and are exported world over. The techniques that they use are unique f-rom those prevalent in other provinces. The Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An crafts decorative articles along with useful items like cups, jars, bowls and pots. The flower pots made here are particularly sought after.

The Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An used clay mixing techniques, burning and baking time and heat modulations to bring out different colors like pink, pinkish-yellow, red, light brown and ink-black in the wares. The craftsmen also modulate all these aspects to achieve immense durability in their products. Aside of the regular articles, the Thanh Ha Pottery Village in Hoi An is also renowned for its bricks and tiles of various shapes and sizes. In fact its bricks and tiles are sourced out to the entire local as well as many foreign regions. It is the most trusted name for contractors engaged in tasks of renovation.

Bau Truc pottery brand in Vietnamese tourism

Bau Truc Pottery Village in Phuoc Dan Town, Ninh Phuoc District is known as the only Cham pottery village in the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan and one of the most ancient in Southeast Asia.

Kneaded by hand, Bau Truc ceramic products are standalone items demonstrating the talent and unique craftwork of the artisans in the village.

Preserving traditional pottery

According to current statistics, Bau Truc Pottery Village has 570 households with 4,034 people, including 100 households producing pottery.

Ceramic products produced by artisans in the village are divided into two types, viz. domestic-use pottery and arts and handicraft pottery.

Domestic-use pottery, such as jars, ovens and pots, mainly serve residents of rural areas and are consumed in the provinces in the south-central region and Ho Chi Minh City.

Meanwhile, with diverse designs and patterns, craft pottery products, including flower vases, pitchers, lamps, decorative lights and statues imbued with Cham culture, have been popular not only domestically, but also on the international market.

The pottery industry in Bau Truc Village began a long time ago and is famous for employing strictly manual labour.

Bau Truc artisans make use of the shaping “style” of Cham folk arts, using simple tools such as bamboo sticks, arca and snail shells to engrave different patterns, including symmetrical geometric figures, rivers and plants, into their pottery.

Two important factors demonstrating the uniqueness of Bau Truc pottery are raw materials and skilled potters. The clay used to make Bau Truc pottery products is taken from the waterfront of the Quao River.

The potters smash the clay into pieces and mixe them with fine sand and knead the mixture. The amount of mixed sand depends on the size and uses of each product.

The artisans do not use spinning wheels to shape their products. They move their hands around the clay to create different shapes and patterns. After finishing an item, the products are exposed to the sun until they are dry and are then polished and burned.

Pottery products in Bau Truc Village are not baked in kilns. Artisans cover them with straw and firewood to bake them. With their skilful colouring and baking techniques, the potters give their products unique colours, resulting in the typical traditional style of the village.

Artisan Truong Thi Gach, 78 years old, said, “I started learning to make pottery when I was eight years old and my life wad devoted to this trade. There are few people having passion for pottery; therefore, I will make a greater effort to train younger generations in order to preserve the Cham culture’.

Developing the Bau Truc pottery brand in association with tourism

Phu Huu Minh Thuan, Head of Bau Truc Pottery Village Co-operative said that each year there were over 6,000 visitors to the village—70% domestic and 30% foreign tourists, mainly from Russia, Japan, Germany and Australia.

“The village has focused on developing handicraft pottery products to meet the aesthetic needs of visitors as well as preserving unique identities of Cham culture,” Thuan shared.

Currently, the pottery cooperative displays more than 1,000 products of different types; many of them have sophisticated patterns, becoming favourites of a large number of customers, both domestic and foreign.

At prices ranging from VND15,000 to VND3 million per product, the Bau Truc cooperative have sold around 35,000-40,000 pieces of pottery each year, earning a total turnover of over VND800 million.

In order to preserve and develop Bau Truc pottery, the Ninh Thuan People’s Committee implemented a “marketing strategy project for Bau Truc handicraft pottery for the 2010-2015 period, with a vision to 2020” with a total investment of VND26.3 billion.

In recent years, the province has paid much attention to supporting artisans in train younger generations and building a specific exhibition area for displaying and introducing Bau Truc pottery.

In addition, the authorities enhanced communication on mass media to widely promote the products and marketed them at trade fairs and events on souvenir pottery products as well as providing capital support for households in the village to enhance their production and business activities and to expand their domestic and export markets.

Thuan also shared that the co-operative was building a project to export a large shipment of Bau Truc pottery to the UK late this year. The event is a good sign for the development of the Bau Truc pottery brand.

The relevant agencies are submitting a dossier with the aim of having Bau Truc pottery recognised as a part of the nation’s intangible cultural heritage. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will soon prepare the dossier for submission to UNESCO for recognition as Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

Nhan Dan

Experience selecting potted plants

Bowls are one of the plants that are used by many to contain piles to ensure that plants grow and increase the fine art of ornamental plants telling them and the art scene in particular. Hence, the pots for planting are very important, which greatly affects the value of the crop. Today we share with readers some experiences of selecting potted plants.

There are now many types of plants available on the market that is rich in designs and sizes in all shapes and sizes in a variety of colors. Pot materials include porcelain, pottery, cement, plastic, and mortar. During the time of young trees, it is possible to select any potting bowl to provide enough soil and nutrients for the plants to grow and thrive. When the tree is relatively stable, it is best to create a shape that is appropriate and balanced in harmony with the shape of the tree.

For art plants, pots should pay attention to the height of the trees

If the plants are low, use high pots and tall plants, then you should use low pots with the general tendency for bonsai art to use quality pictures.

You also need to pay attention to the quality of the plant, when you choose the plant pots, the first need to plant a deep pot to allow the turn can grow rich. After each change of land we tidied off the soil at the bottom of the floor to bring out the shallow pot and made a few times like that when the roots are gradually accustomed and spread evenly on the thin plane, then we can plant in the pots. Expanded area as desired. However, you need to land every year, the soil needs to mix enough nutrients for the plant to grow.

You should also be careful not to leave the roots higher than planted pots because after the soil will float out of the head and roots are rooted and planted in very nice thin pots but must replace the soil every year the soil needs to be mixed enough The nutrients that plants can easily flower and the result, through the foreign bonsai we see the tree has a very large roots but on the very thin surface of the plant growing muchs

When choosing pots you should also pay attention to glaze color

For glaze color is considered the background color to highlight the color of flowers, fruits, leaves for the type of flower pots are played flowers, fruits and leaves should not use pots with colored glaze color of the fruit, We should use purple, brown or tile pot to plant white flowers, fruit trees, fresh leaves or bright colors. Or you can use the white glaze, celadon or blue color is.

Choose potted plants suitable for the purpose

For bonsai, you need to nourish so that the tree grows with fast and good rhizomes quickly reach the requirements of the growers to move the mace and reduce the growth of the leaves. At this time, you can choose the pot as you like with the size can fit the requirements.

Nowadays there are many beautiful bonsai trees available for you to choose and you should also note with the plants and pots that best suited Polystone planters

You should put these flowering pottery

Nowadays,there are many pottery pots and each pot is used with a different purple therefore they are different from characteristics. Pottery products which are used to decorate indoor house have bright colors and forming perfectly. Conversely, outdoor pottery products are hard and durable. We will choose pottery containers to decorate outdoor, you must notice size of space where you will grow flowers. This will help you choose suit container. We will need a big pots or big jar to do this model. We will mix many plants in this pot and you can see in this picture.

Recent times many gardeners are developing tall flowering pots for decorating your house and it becomes new trend. It is often used in large garden with big size. However, it is difficult for beginner to start with these models. But today i will give you useful information to do it.We will use vietnamese glazed planters to make. You can use this model to decorating doors, gardens or patio. Please buy good pot which is made clay and check product carefully before accepting to perchase.

Way to arrange flowers.

We will use symmatric lay-out and you can see this easily, after pouring soil into pot, we will divide surface into 6 part, each part will put group of plants. Names of these flowers are: banana tree Musa ‘Siam Ruby’, Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Burgundy Threadleaf,’ Mandevilla ‘Red Riding Hood’ . Banna tree is at center, in front o mandevilla an left and right : burgundy. You should put these flowering pot in garden where has full sun to help your plant grow well, you don’t forget water it at least once time per day.

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Issues to consider when selecting ceramic pots for planting flowers

Floriculture and ornamental plants is an elegant hobby, knitting types and fit all families regardless of whether rich or poor. Not only help the environment become healthier, but also make housing space becomes this beautiful ceramic pots hon. Nowadays is one of the popular products in the cultivation at home, especially for with the narrow space as the houses in the city. Best feature of this hobby is that users can delight your creative discretion. Depending on space, big and small that have layouts of different options. The most common pots terracotta pottery pots currently, and fiber cement Planters. They are fairly cheap and compact when furnished. To be able to help people have more knowledge in the selection of pots for planting, in this article I will write out some special note to note.

The relationship between space and size ceramic pots.

Any arrangement would have to speak to the compatibility, meaning that it must be appropriate to the circumstances. When choosing potted we also pay attention to their space problems. There are three things that we worry. The first is to put the pot in place where, the second is the shape of the pot size, the 3rd is the color of the flower.

For small spaces, then you can take advantage of walls, balconies, windows nearest front room, you can also hang the flowerpot on the balcony Currently outside stores planting tools, had plenty of support to help iron frame we can take advantage of this space a complete plant efficiency.

You can put ceramic pots planted along the balcony, above the hanging rope utilize small ceramic pots. Suitable for hanging pots are terracotta pots most, black clay pots.

if the house you have a beautiful door frame, you can use two large ceramic pots planted the flowers are symmetrical, matching ceramic planters is fiber cement Planters.

The notes when choosing the shape pots.

-The Choose the shape matching the style of the space uniformly. eg elegant style, modern pots should pick understand modern design, new, classic reverse is selected motifs more fussy.

-The Choose the place of sale specializing in ceramic pots should not buy in store seeds for small designs and also a higher price.

- Should choose a unified form.

- Should compare prices before you buy.

More delicate with decorated garden pottery line

Nowadays standards to measure a perfect house is elegant flair of space inside and out. Consistency in the design and layout will make our space a private beauty. But to do that you have to be quite knowledgeable about design and colors. Besides, you also need to add some knowledge about selecting traditional products in home decoration. Such as ceramic products, today these products are rated very high in terms of cultural values and is considered a perfect symbol of the traditional beauty of ancient and modern. Although produced in the pottery factory under the support to.

How many kinds of ceramics at present?

Pottery products now have plenty of kind but generally have the following three basic types: the

indoor pottery: The ceramics are quite diverse in color and design, bringing high art credit, most are handmade at the factory ceramics by artists. The ceramic interior is average common shares, disc decoration, animal statues, etc …

- outdoor pottery products: this is the type of ceramic is widely hottest naygo, good size and consists of many different types.

+Terracotta pots: This is a primitive terracotta, yellow-brown color is usually orange or brown, often shaped pots for planting at home. Low cost and absolutely safe to plant health.

+Black clay pots: This type is made from ceramic and terracotta stiffer but often darker colors, elegant design can be used as garden decorations average, miniatures.

+Old stone pots: these are special ceramics of Vietnam, called the ancient ceramics. The highlight of this line of ceramic products that are products are new products but by special firing techniques that fire colored product as old as the years have passed. This ceramic type commonly used in the hotel restaurant to create a natural style for this type of space.

+fiber cement pots: it is a product line garden decoration recently appeared in the recent period. But only for a time after the appearance of this product line quickly attracted many people because of its exquisite beauty. Fiber cement is entirely made from cement and granite absolutely no clay inside. Fiber cement products often see large flower pots were flat, round or square elected. Currently this type are commonly used in large buildings

The difference between Pottery, Ceramics and Majolica, with special regard to Italian Ceramics

I’ve been dealing with Italian Ceramics for quite a long time: I collect them, I read about them , I sell them. When I have to write in English or talk with one of my American Customers I’m always uncertain: should I say Italian Pottery, Italian Ceramics or Italian Majolica? In order to do away with any doubt, I did some research and ran some tests. I learned quite a lot on the subject and I would love to share my findings with you.

Ceramic is the most general term. It is derived from the Greek word keramos, meaning "clay".

Historically, ceramics were prepared by shaping clay, decorating it, often glazing it and firing it at high temperatures in a kiln. However, this definition has changed. The term ceramics now refers to a diverse group of materials, including cements and glass. While all are fired at high temperatures, clay is no longer a key component of ceramics.

That is why, nowadays, the category ceramics technically includes both pottery and porcelain, which, with their standard formulas, have come to popularly represent quality grades.

Pottery is an ornamental or useful ware shaped from moist clay and hardened by heat. The type of clay used and the temperature at which it is fired give pottery a different appearance and strength.

There are three major pottery types.

• EarthenwareIt is also know as bisque or biscuit and it is fired at low temperatures – 1800° to 2100° Fahrenheit. It is usually reddish or white. Due to its high porosity, earthenware must usually be glazed to enable it to hold water. Earthenware pieces have been found that date back to1400-1200 BC, making this craft the oldest pottery in history.

• StonewareIt is made of a heavier clay mixture, which can be fired at much higher temperatures – 2200° to 2400° Fahrenheit. It is dense, impermeable and hard enough to resist scratching by a steel point. It’s brownish gray and it can be used both blazed and unglazed. Ideal for cooking and baking.

• PorcelainIt’s made of a specific clay, containing kaolinite, and it is fired at high temperatures – 2200° to 2500° Fahrenheit. It is hard, impermeable (even before glazing), white, translucent and resonant.

Majolica - also spelled Maiolica - is the beautiful ware prepared by tin-glazing earthenware and firing it a second time.

After the first firing, the bisque is dipped into a bath of fast drying liquid glaze. When dry, the glazed piece is ready to be hand painted. A final firing at 1690° Fahrenheit will make the glaze interact with the metal oxides used by the painter to create the deep and brilliant translucent colors specific to majolica.

This technique originates in the Middle East in the 9th century. By the 13th century majolica ware was imported into Italy through the Isle of Majorca, headquarter of the trade between Spain and Italy. The Italians called it Maiolica, erroneously thinking it was made in Majorca. They were fascinated by this new way of making ceramics and soon started to copy the process, adapting it by their own creativity and traditions. The rise of Italian majolica in Europe was fast and reached its peak of artistic quality throughout central Italy during the Renaissance - late15th and early 16th centuries.

Nowadays, in English the word Majolica is used to refer to ceramic ware in the stylistic tradition of the Italian Renaissance.

A huge step ahead.

Now I know that I collect and sell Pottery, specifically Earthenware, mostly Italian majolica.

The original question is still unanswered, though. I still do not know what I should call my beloved ware when talking to my American friends.

Having rejected the use of Earthenware, because the word is by far too technical, I tested using the term Italian majolica. Only museum staff or experts understood what I meant, and many of them figured I was taking about istoriato Renaissance ware, while I had in mind modern Italian majolica pieces.

As the next step I tested the phrase Italian pottery. The result was good, everybody knew I was talking about clay ware in the shape of an Italian bowl, an Italian vase or an Italian dinnerware set. I was not satisfied, though. Pottery is any kind of ware shaped from moist clay and hardened by heat. Pottery can be used for a $20 chicken cooking pot as well as a $2000 Italian istoriato wall plate.

How could I convey both the technical process behind Italian pottery as well as its unique quality and beauty?

I tested the term Italian ceramics and it worked perfectly. Digging into my Customers’ and friends answers I found out that it actually conveyed high quality and included both dinnerware and ornamental ware.

There is an historical explanation for this.

Although "Ceramics" is - nowadays and in purely technical language - a more general term than pottery, it has been used for more than 3000 years in the countries where this craft is born and it has evolved into an art.

Italy is one of those countries: we proudly handcrafted some of the finest ceramics in the history of this art. Italian ceramics include the Etruscan "bucchero", the Renaissance majolica and lusterware, the Baroque tiles from Sicily, the "zaffera" from central Italy, the contemporary clay art…

When we say Italian ceramics, we mean much more than items made of clay, earthenware or majolica. These two words embody artistic heritage, history, regional traditions , the creativity of a people. They touch a chord in our souls. That’s probably why so many people are passionate about Italian ceramics.

Like you and I.

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Tiziana is a collector of fine Italian ceramics. To read more on Italian pottery and shop some awesome pieces from her collection, please visit her at ThatsArte.com

10 Reasons to Try Container Gardening

Container is easy: Think you're a plant killer, or haven’t ever tried to garden? Container gardening is a great place to start. Even a complete novice can create a spectacular container garden in very little time. All you really need to get started is a container, some potting soil and either seeds or plants.

Container gardening can be economical: You can use almost anything for a container. Even an old bucket found at a yard sale, with a few holes punched in the bottom, can make a great container garden. Just look around your house and you’ll be surprised how many things will work: from outgrown toy bins to bright plastic tubs. Put drainage holes in the bottom, fill them with potting soil, add pansies or nasturtiums and for a few dollars you’ve made a lovely visual statement.

Garden in any space: Even the smallest space can be enhanced by a container garden. I have seen beautiful flowers and vegetable gardens grown on fire escapes and stoops. Whatever space limitations you have, you can design a container garden that will thrive. No sun? A terra cotta pot filled with different colored coleus can make you want to sing. Too much sun? Fill a basket with succulents to make a beautiful garden that will largely take care of itself.

Grow a cactus garden in Alaska: With container gardening you can be liberated from your geography – you can grow a cactus garden in Alaska or johnny jump-ups in Arizona. In many yards or even on a single deck or patio there are tremendous varieties of conditions from sunny, warm and protected to shady and cool. Just make sure you have the right plants for your particular spot.

Kids love container gardening: My kids wouldn’t look at peas until they grew them in container gardens and could eat them right off the vine. Carrots took on new meaning when the kids saw them growing on the deck and could eat them when they were tiny and sweet. Kids love the success that container gardens give them, and they take pride, at a very young age, in growing something their family can eat.

Garden in a container to outfox critters: I got sick and tired of my tomatoes being devoured by the local tribe of woodchucks. As soon as I moved them to containers on my deck, I had all the tomatoes I could eat.

Container gardening can bring instant gratification: There are few things in life that can give you the instant gratification that a container garden can. In the space of a few hours, you can go to a local nursery, pick out a bunch of healthy, beautiful flowering plants, fill a container with them and be rewarded with a spectacular, professional looking garden! An added bonus is that you may never have to weed it.

Gardening in containers can suit any style: You can go for a modern look — think bright green grass in a stark white container – or a more formal arrangement – matching urns filled with cascading flowers flanking an entry-way. You can even have containers that will survive the winter, bringing cheerful green accents to areas that would otherwise be bland and boring.

You can grow almost anything in a container garden: There is almost no plant that can't be grown in a container garden. It's easy to grow vegetables and herbs, and even trees in a container garden.

Gardening in containers can suit any personality: With container gardening you can have great results being as relaxed or ambitious as you want to be. A couple of pansies in a pot may be enough to start with, or you might want to landscape an entire area with containers. All you need to be a successful container gardener is willingness to experiment, a tolerance for the unexpected and a love of playing in the dirt.

“Let’s see me”voice from vietnamese earthenware pots

When you have seen vietnamese earthenware pots in the first, I think that you are will be attractive by charming of them.Simple beauty and myterious of earthenware pots can conquer you despire you are strict person or not. And hiden voice within every prodcuts as expectation or call for you : “ let’s see me”

Earthenware pots and many secret story which never reveal.

Every things are private signification and special story for its and earthware pots isn’t an exception.And today I want to tell you wonderful things about earthenware pots of vietnam- my country.

Earthenware pots belongs to new vietnamese pottery in today .They are symbol for will of steel of vietnamese scaftman .After many efforts and fighting with chinese products which control the biggest share market in viet nam, vietnamese pottery recovered as expection of many vietnamese scraftmen .And earthenware pots are wonderful evidences to show development of vietnam pottery.Although earthenware pots are made by creation of vietnamese scraftman but this new way is perfect combination of traditional way and morden though.To have earthware pots we must spend three basic steps:Preparing material, forming products, and firing.And they are three basic step of way to pottery .

- Preparing materials: by mixing raw clay with different materials we having many different blend so we have many different pottery products.And material for earthenware pots insist raw clay mix and and plastic clay into they are smooth blends.But we must slove raw clay carefully before mixing unless we have wrong products with many crazing.

- Forming earthenware pots: We can use mould to form perfect forming .

-Firing: this is the most important factor to decide success of products.So we must check fire carefully , to make an earthenware pot we must fire it in wooden kiln with degree 1200-1250 .And the final result we can see them in follow picture:

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Decorating balcony with vietnamese glazed planters

This arranging is suit for houses where have plaster balcony with large thickness . And you can salvage this to put lightweight terracotta pots or vietnamese glazed planters at here instead of hanging. We will have main areas to decorate, that’s leg of balcony and above platforms. In order to cover up perfectly, you can grow annual flowering-planters to our house is always beautiful. In case of your balcony is made form iron or steel, you can add useful device which can keep flowering planters. Below pictures will show for you this idea.

*Decorating symmetric window for romance style.

There is special way for you to try in decorating balcony, using window as Symmetric axis, you can hang flowering-planters left and right symmetricly to make unique effect. Combinating with this, you can put many lightweight terracotta pots orvietnamese glazed planters in queue along balcony. Growing flowering planter which have same colors symmetricly , at leg of balcony, only using kind of flower to foundation colors.

Southern potters face bleak future

Many pottery makers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Vinh Long have stopped or cut back production because orders have declined in recent years.

The province has for long enjoyed the advantage of having plenty of the clay containing aluminium sulphate, which is needed to produce red terracotta products, as well as a skilled pottery workforce.

The province's famous red terracotta products have been exported to many countries and territories, including the EU, US, Australia, South Korea and Japan.

However, the global economic slowdown has seen a sharp reduction in export orders in recent years.

Duong Hoang Son, who had three kilns in Long Ho District's Thanh Duc Commune, stopped production three years ago. He said the province's pottery sector was at a standstill. The more they produced, the greater the losses local potters suffered, he said.

Son said that a little more than a decade ago, it was a prosperous period for potters in the province with production unable to meet demand.

Ho Minh Chau, owner of the Van Thang Pottery enterprise which has three kilns in Thanh Duc Commune, said orders for the province's famous red terracotta products had been declining over the last five years. He had closed one kiln and was operating the other two at half capacity.

Difficult

He said a set of three pots that cost VND60,000 (US$2.8) ten years ago continued to fetch the same price today, while its production cost, including labour, materials and transport, had increased three times, leaving producers in a very difficult situation.

When things were going well, buyers paid potters in advance, but now, they could only receive money three to six months after delivery, he said.

"Many producers now lack capital, are in debt and facing bankruptcy," he said.

In 2000, the province had more than 130 pottery makers, most of them located in Long Ho and Mang Thit districts, according to the Vinh Long Pottery Association.

During its pottery heyday, the province produced about 50-60 million pottery products of various kinds each year and earned average annual export revenues of US$40 million.

Last year, just 12 million pottery products were made, down 20 per cent against 2011.

The province has just 32 pottery producers now. Of these, one-third do not operate regularly.

Ho Van Vang, chairman of the provincial pottery association, said: "Orders have been declining every year and this year they have declined further."

Besides, the industry was mired in several problems including small-scale production, outdated production techniques and lack of export information, he said.

The province's pottery products are mostly exported via traders in the southeastern province of Binh Duong. —VNS

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