Pottery Sugar Bowl with Hand Painted Cat, Ceramic Cat , Kitchen Storage Canister, Handmade Crock, Blue Pottery, Quirky Cat Bowl

Unique wheel thrown ceramic kitchen canister, which can be used for sugar, honey, salt, candy, nuts, sweetener sachets, spices, dry fruit, coffee, tea, or even garlic. It will be a beautiful decoration for your kitchen or living room, and will make a lovely gift for any occasion.

The listing is for one canister. Please select the size. Available in two sizes as follows:
- Measuring 3 in/8 cm high by 4.3 in/11 cm wide.
- Measuring 4 in/10 cm high by 4.3 in/11 cm wide.

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Pottery and ceramics have been an important part of human culture for thousands of years. From prehistoric storage jars to tiles on the space shuttles, pottery and ceramics have played a key role in innumerable human endeavors.

The Process:
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FIRING
Firing clay transforms it from its humble, soft beginnings into a new substance, ceramics. Ceramics are tough, strong, and very similar in some ways to stone. Pieces of pottery have survived for thousands of years, all due to clay that met fire.
Firing is the process of bringing clay and glazes up to a high temperature. The final aim is to heat the object to the point that the clay and glazes are “mature” – that is, that they have reached their optimal level of melting. (Pots and other clay objects won’t look melted; their melting is on the molecular level.)
Bisque firing is the first time the pots go through high temperature heating. It is done in order to vitrify the clay pots enough that they won’t be harmed when glazes are applied, but not vitrified to such an extent that the glaze won’t adhere correctly.
Once glazes have been applied to the bisqueware and have had a chance to dry, the ware is carefully loaded into the kiln for the glaze firing. Pots cannot be allowed to touch at all, or the glazes will melt together, welding the pots together.
The kiln is heated slowly to the proper temperature to bring the clay and glazes to maturity, and then slowly cooled again. Only after the kiln has cooled will it be opened and unloaded.