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How to Plug Holes in Ceramic Pots

Ceramic pots are often beautifully decorated and lovely for many uses, both inside and outside of a home. One characteristic of ceramic pots that may present a challenge for some uses is the drainage holes that are typically present at the bottom of the pots. If you are attempting to use a ceramic pot for a purpose that does not use the drainage hole, plug the hole first and then seal it with a special sealing compound to prevent leaks.

1. Step 1

   Fit a small chunk of clay or a piece of cork to place into the hole in the ceramic pot. If you are using clay, push the clay into the hole and then mold the clay around the top of the hole to form a seal. If you are using cork, the cork must fit the hole tightly to be effective. It may be difficult to find a cork that is the right size to fit the hole.

2. Step 2

   Wearing the plastic gloves, open the tube of silicone adhesive. Squeeze a liberal amount of the adhesive over the clay or around the cork on the inside of the pot. Spread the silicone adhesive so that it seals around all of the edges. Keep the thickness of the silicone adhesive under ¼ inch.

3. Step 3

   Allow the silicone adhesive to dry completely before proceeding with your project. The silicone should be adequately dry within one hour and will cure completely within 24 hours. The amount of humidity in the air will affect the drying time.

      The color of the autumn sky right after a heavy rain shower is recreated on earth through Goryeo celadon ceramic
ware. Potters from the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) tinted their pottery works with a piece of the clear autumn sky,
demurely revealed through dark clouds after a heavy rainfall. The mysterious bluish-green color of celadon pottery
defies any man-made dye. It is the epitome of natural beauty that cannot be acquired from any scientific color
combination using modern technology.

Celadon pottery was first made in China, where potters from the Northern and Southern Dynasties discovered
that when ash landed on ceramic works being fired in kilns at a high temperature, the result was a wonderful
blue coat. The ash formed from burning wood chemically reacted with the clay to create a natural glaze which
hardened into a beautiful bluish finish when baked at 1300° Celsius inside the kilns. The technique of celadon
making was refined during the Tang Dynasty but was elevated to the zenith of its artistry during the Sung Dynasty
in the 12th century.

Korean potters who were introduced to China’s celadon making techniques in the mid-9th century began a new era
and aestheticism of celadon pottery by introducing their own unique skills and methods to the world. When celadon pottery
reached its artistic peak in 12th-century China, a new set of celadon-making techniques was being established by
Korean potters. Although celadon pottery from the Sung Dynasty is known for its majestic forms,

extravagantdecorations, and opaque glazing, Goryeo celadon works feature natural, subtle forms perfectly and harmoniously in balance with soft, rhythmic lines and clear glazing. Until the 17th century, when Japan acquired the skills and practices of pottery-making through the kidnapping of Korean potters during the Japanese invasion, only Korea and China had the technology to create high-quality earthenware baked at very high temperatures. Many European countries imported celadon and other pottery styles from China until the 18th century when they finally launched their own unique ceramic methods.

There are several factors that set Goryeo celadon apart from others in the realm of ceramics
history. First of all, the “mysterious color” unique to Goryeo celadon was even referred to by
celebrated Goryeo poet, Yi Gyu-bo, as a piece stolen of “heavenly harmony.” The color that
envelops viewers with mysterious reflection, as if they are looking into the deep waters of a
calm lake, became the subject of admiration even by Chinese people who had introduced
the ware. In fact, a scholar from the Sung Dynasty declared in his writing that Goryeo
celadon was one of the best things in the world, surpassing China in the art of
celadon pottery, and that the rich, vivid color of Goryeo celadon was the
“best under heaven.”

Secondly, potters from the Goryeo Dynasty applied a unique decorative
practice to their celadon pottery making – the wonderful art of inlaying, the first
of its kind in the world. Inlaid celadon is made by incising the desired motifs onto the
surface of a vessel and filling in the area with white or red slip (clay mixture) before
applying the glaze. After firing, the white slip remains the same color while the
red slip turns black. The inlaying technique requires not only the highly refined
skill of balancing completely different materials but also a dexterous incising
ability as well as elegant taste, all of which go hand in hand with the sophisticated refinement of celadon pottery. This new technique resulted in an innovative change in celadon decoration.

The conventional intaglio and relief techniques only allowed subtle decoration of a vessel; however, the introduction of the inlaying approach that resulted in vivid patterns shown through a thin layer of clear blue glaze marked the beginning of a new celadon era. Some of the most popular motifs include cranes, clouds, willow trees, grapes, children, lotus flowers, peonies, and chrysanthemums that reflect the longing for the eternal world and the lyrical awareness of the natural world by the Goryeo people. These motifs mesh perfectly with the mysterious jade color of Goryeo celadon, thus creating the most beautiful art work made of earth.

We’ve had our share of vase concepts here on C&K Design, and this is definitely one of them. It’s strikingly similar to a previous “framed vase” design we published some months ago, but it’s unique in it’s shape and execution. The line holding the frame is a wire, the wire bone’s connected to the light bone, and the light shines on the plant. Super cute.

The frame of course uses the famous Polaroid photo ratio to replicate the famous instant-photo look. If you look around the internet you’ll find this look replicated in quite a few places in website design, especially when people are displaying mass amounts of photos or image-links.

This frame was made in light of the loveliness of containing a moment in just a moment, then displaying it simply from then forevermore. Fun, yes?

Designer: Cheung king

              As spring come and flowers blossom, the green world return, just choose a elegant flower vase with a bundle of beautiful flower to decorate your house, and bring your home a spring nature and fresh air.Even if it does not decorated with flower arranging, in itself is a work of art, which display it’s delicate elegance and charm.The vase’s design fully reflects it’s use as a vase, because it’s just in an inverted shape of a flower. Not only maintain the balance with it’s flower shape design but also reflected the theme greatly.
“Green” is a timeless topic, but also a regular topic of conversation that should be promoted.

We want to show you a color feast.

Very strange and fancy design flower vases, there are three heights for you to choose.

Japan’s Teori design bamboo art vase, simple but keep grand.

The gadget with four “horns” come from its head is acutually a flower vase, you can arrange flowers in its different holes, so that make the flowers blossom in four directions, is that very interesting?
Last, maybe now you have a bold idea that to paint a clear flower vase for your home decoration. Why not? A painted flower vase can be a beautiful addition to your home. It also makes a great gift, and I’d like to give you some instructions below:

     Prepare Your Vase
Step 1: Clean the vase and remove all of the oils from it by rubbing it with rubbing alcohol. Oils will make the paint peel off.
Step 2?Allow the vase to dry.
Step 3: Prepare your paint by following the directions on the bottle. Usually, you don’t want to add water to to the paint because it will make the paint less adherent to the glass.
Step 4: Paint your design onto the glass. Simple designs are best.
Step 5: Add one or two coats of clear shellac after the paints dries.
Step 6: Allow the shellac to dry and you’re done!