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Handmade ceramics aren’t cheap, but porcelain is often even more expensive. Compared to other ceramics, porcelain is non-porous, white, and translucent. The secret to these differences is in the clay. But even for experienced potters, porcelain can be challenging to work with. So how is porcelain made and why is it so expensive?

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  1. Seriously! the lady painting it, adding significantly to the price, couldn't afford to buy it? Thats modern Capitalism at its worst! That lady is not a valued employee, she is a wage slave!

  2. I've worked with ceramics, but never porcelain, so I always wondered why it was so expensive and used for things like toilets and dental crowns. I learned a lot here!

  3. I don't want them to "modernize." The modern home is lame precisely because it lacks beauty. Just like churches built in the last century are ugly in comparison to cathedrals. There's a reason these traditions have survived as long as they have, it's because beauty is timeless. Don't give that up for anything, even if there's a rough patch. In the long run it pays to bet on universal beauty, there will always be people who appreciate it.

  4. My parents own a small collection of LLADRO. It's about 50 pieces. I have always admired the beauty of those pieces. My favorite is Romeo on a horse.

  5. Would have important to explain that going over 1300° (more like 1400), fuses the clay into glass (vitrifies), which is what porcelain is, in itself : glass clay. To different temperatures, different ceramics.

  6. I like the very end when he accepts having to move into a more modern approach. He has a humble wag of looking at things I very much appreciate even the traditional colors, so gorgeous. People will most likely always appreciate hard work and artisan skills. The style and design may change, as Im sure it has as humankind has progressed many times.

  7. "The original design was very colourful and fit well in a traditional Japanese home.
    But it does not match the modern living environment."

    Glad to see porcelain design is also adapting to the current tastes.

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