Application Of Twisting Tappet Technique In Ceramic Art Design

"Neriage" is a ceramic technique meaning to use two or more colors of porcelain clay or stoneware clay, through steps of complicated techniques in order to create texture within clay body straight away. Normally non glaze or just one layer of clear glaze will lead to tense colorful effects. The most attractive thing about Neriaging ceramic artwork is that every piece provides unique effect, maybe a bit similar to one and other yet never can be the same.Neriage is first invented in Tang Dynasty in China, origin based in Gongfan kiln in Henan and Yaozhou Kiln in Shanxi. In Song Dynasty, Dangyangyu Kiln in Xiuwu, Jiaozuo, Henan continued firing and making neriage ceramic works which lead to its great prosperity. Neriage work requires real high standard technique work alongst other traditional appealed ceramic work in China. However, due to the difficulty in making and firing, also the later workfares China has went through, the techniques has long lost. There was very little whole pieces were found even from the most famous Dangyangyu kiln site. After Song Dynasty’s "Jingkang Revolution", Dangyangyu kiln decreased in its firing, vanished in Yuan Dynasty, neriage technique was lost from then.Nowadays, the study towards neriage techniques are mainly focusing on history of neriaging, not so much with the techniques, there is a small range of papers on technique, yet mainly about zisha neriage, not the entire nerage technique. Different origin has very different ways of applying neriaging, for different materials, ways of firming, and texture.