Clays
What a clay name does and does not tell you
9 entries
- 本山绿泥Benshan green clayBenshan lüni is the green clay of Yixing, named for the colour of the raw ore, not of the fired pot, which is pale to deep yellow.draft
- 段泥Buff clayDuanni is the name for Yixing clays that fire to buff, yellow or pale tones.draft
- 枫溪红泥Chaozhou red clayChaozhou red clay is used for small wheel-thrown teapots associated with gongfu tea. Although finished pots may be called zhuni, this local material tradition should not be equated with Yixing zhuni. Different ores and prepared bodies are described in the sources.draft
- 建水紫陶泥Jianshui zitao clayJianshui zitao is an unglazed ceramic tradition from Yunnan. Its fine prepared clay allows carved decoration to be filled with contrasting clay, followed by polishing after firing. The word “purple” in its name does not make it the same material as Yixing zisha.draft
- 紫泥Purple clayZini, purple clay, is the main raw material of Yixing zisha and the group most lab work describes. The Yingge Ceramics Museum calls it plastic, strong and low in drying and firing shrinkage.sources cited
- 紫砂Purple sand clayZisha is the umbrella name for the iron-rich clays of Yixing in Jiangsu and for the unglazed ware made from them.sources cited
- 钦州坭兴陶泥Qinzhou nixing clayQinzhou nixing bodies combine clays traditionally described as coming from opposite banks of the Qin River in Guangxi. Fired surfaces are polished to reveal their colour. The east-clay/west-clay distinction explains a preparation tradition; it does not establish one recipe for every pot.draft
- 臺灣岩礦泥Taiwanese rock-mineral clayTaiwanese rock-mineral clay describes coarse ceramic bodies used by contemporary workshops for teaware. It is a workshop material category rather than one geological clay. Recipes, firing and surface texture vary; yankuang and commercial names such as laoyanni should be read in the context of the particular maker.draft
- 朱泥Vermilion clayZhuni is a red-firing Yixing clay.draft