Talk:Porcelain
From Academic Kids
I'll apologise in advance for the long process of filling in this article. My source material is in Chinese. I don't read Chinese very well, so translation is painfully slow. -- Michael 09:18 26 May 2003 (UTC)
It occurs to me that I'm going to need someone with more knowledge to fill out the "techniques" section. I can barely decode what the works I'm reading are babbling about when it's not technical language. Technical language goes way over my head. -- Michael 09:24 26 May 2003 (UTC)
It seems that this article is trying to serve several purposes. 1) to discuss the clay body known as porcelain and its history. 2) to discuss the use of the clay body in historic ware, particularly in China. 3) to discuss the use of the clay body in figurines and slipcast ware, both in Asia and Europe.
I would like to add information about the history and development of porcelain pottery forms, primarily on the potter's wheel. This would cross reference with Chinese and Japanese history and art as well as the pottery tree I am working on. English pottery/porcelain in an industrial setting would be addressed as would modern studio/art porcelain ware. Any comments would be welcome on how to divide this information and develop interlocking articles. -W. (an anon) 02-14-05 now logged on as WBardwin 06:50, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC).
