Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Making Pots in Malaysia

Unlike Vietnam and Thailand Malaysian pots are machine made and the kilns are predominately oil or gas fired. Gas and oil fired kilns reach much higher temperatures than the old wood fired kilns making them ideal for Glazed pots.
The process starts with clay production:







The clay is cut using a wire into slabs then moved over to the hydraulic presses:


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