The Decoration techniques applied in the process of the colorazation of ceramic clays and formation with colored ceramic clays

IV ABSTRACT Appeared by vessel need of primitive human ceramics is one of the privemal crafts. By mixing clay with water and baking that mixture so that he obtained an enduring and brand-new structure man realized one of the most significant inventuons, for sure, of his era. Generated by the worry for preserving food and by the most basic need of nutrition, the output has become an outstanding craft work by me ans of new application methods that have improved through time. Ceramics, today, is applicable in many fields. With its artistic dimen sion it is included in plastics. One of the most important aspects of ceramisc is that it provides the ceramisc-craftsman with possibilities of dense exp ression. The ceramic objects enable which many methods of formation and decoration and which are made by colored ceramic structures are one of the most special opportunities. The ceramic structure that is artificially colored with new colors is called colored-clay. In this study not only the definition of colored clay and its historical development are concerned but also the preparation of colored clay and se veral expression opportunities that the colored clay will provide for the ce ramics artist are discussed. Also, with coloring oxides and natural clay in different portions, casting clay was tried to be colored.