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ABOUT OUR HAND CREAFTED CERAMIC FURNITURE / ACCENTS & VASES

UPDATED – JANUARY 2016

WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND USE OF HIGH QUALITY FURNITURE COVERS

This information is intended to help you and your customers better set the right

expectations, sell and understand the Ceramic Furniture and Vase Collections.

Seasonal Living® ceramic products are 100% crafted by hand from multiple production

stages. No two pieces will ever be exactly alike, this is why many of our customers

seek out hand crafted merchandise.

Each ceramic item has its own set of unique characteristics and marketing that helps to

create a “one of a kind” piece. These characteristics are in part due to a combination of

factors: raw materials combined with the fabrication process and human effort (hand

crafted).

THE RAW MATERIALS & HOW THESE MATERIALS INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME

OF THE END PRODUCT (Visit our website: SeasonalLiving.com to watch the

fabrication of ceramics and understand the production process).

Clay – Clay is a type of earth, which is made from the decomposition of rocks and sand

Summary of content (4 pages)

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ABOUT OUR HAND CREAFTED CERAMIC FURNITURE / ACCENTS & VASES UPDATED – JANUARY 2016 WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND USE OF HIGH QUALITY FURNITURE COVERS This information is intended to help you and your customers better set the right expectations, sell and understand the Ceramic Furniture and Vase Collections. Seasonal Living® ceramic products are 100% crafted by hand from multiple production stages. No two pieces will ever be exactly alike, this is why many of our customers seek out hand crafted merchandise.
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through time and weathering. Over time, small pieces of earth are transported from one location to another and deposited in locations where water flows slowly almost to a trickle. As the earth is transported by water, it accumulates other minerals and substances which all go to alter the chemical composition of that specific group of earth / clay. These differing compositions in clay can result in different results when we “Fire” or Bake the clay in the Kiln / Ceramic ovens.
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Cadmium or lead. The glazes are created to allow for bright jewel-like colors to shine through and avoid most traditional muddy glaze finishes. The glazes are applied by hand. Depending upon the size of the bisque item, it may be immersed into a glaze bath or it may be placed on a wheel operated by hand and spun at the same time using hand held glazing sprayers, the glaze is applied by the glazing specialist. The glaze then needs time to dry and be prepared for the next stage of production – Final Firing.
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combination of factors ranging from mineralization content of the original clay, clay reaction to the glaze. Remember, what is excavated from one part of a clay pit will be different from another part of the same clay pit and this can have an effect on these random spots / flecks of color.