# Ceramics

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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:17:31.407Z
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## Summary

Before bronze, before iron, before glass — fired clay. Ceramics is the oldest engineered material that survives in archaeological volume, and possibly the oldest manufactured material full stop. Key sections include: Cera mics.; Opening The first technology.; Chapter I What clay is.; Chapter II Making a pot.; Chapter III Glaze chemistry.; Chapter IV The kiln.; Chapter V Chinese ceramics.; Chapter VI Japanese ceramics.; Chapter VII Korean ceramics.; Chapter VIII Islamic ceramics..

## Slide Outline

1. Cera mics.
2. Opening The first technology.
3. Chapter I What clay is.
4. Chapter II Making a pot.
5. Chapter III Glaze chemistry.
6. Chapter IV The kiln.
7. Chapter V Chinese ceramics.
8. Chapter VI Japanese ceramics.
9. Chapter VII Korean ceramics.
10. Chapter VIII Islamic ceramics.
11. Chapter IX European ceramics.
12. Chapter X Pre-Columbian and indigenous American.
13. Chapter XI African ceramics.
14. Chapter XII The studio pottery movement.
15. Chapter XIII The tea bowl.
16. Chapter XIV Tile and architectural ceramics.
17. Chapter XV Industrial ceramics.
18. Chapter XVI Contemporary ceramics.
19. Chapter XVII Ceramic 3D printing.
20. Chapter XVIII The market.
21. Chapter XIX Reduction, salt, raku.
22. Chapter XX The studio toolkit.
23. Chapter XXI Health, safety, sustainability.
24. Chapter XXII Open questions.
25. Chapter XXIII Twenty-five works.
26. Chapter XXIV Watch & read.
27. Chapter XXV If you want to make pots.
28. Chapter XXVI Why ceramics matters.
29. Chapter XXVII The next decade.
30. The end of the deck.

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