| Firing
temperature
To cater for the kilns is one of the
fundamental factors to use dolomite,
Medium and low temperature dolomite
can be mature below 1200.c, which
is the temperature Jianwen's kilns
can reach.
Combination of white body and glaze
Artificial colors also can be added
to clay besides some natural colors
of its own. For example, metal oxide
or colored clay in nature can be adopted.
This addition gives clay warm color,
but it also will affect the combination
with glaze color. white dolomite is
selected to yield the truest glaze
color.
Texture and feeling
Texture is the material feeling of
clay. Dolomite will shrink from any
material that is not sticky and has
bubble formation. The green ware will
dry more evenly if choosing dolomite.
And texture, therefore, will be delicate. |