Connecting Ceramic Pieces

Although ceramics have many beneficial properties all ceramic machines are rare hence the joining of ceramics to other materials is a vital technology.

Connecting ceramic pieces. Wood flooring and laminate have pre finished transition pieces that could work for this application as well. In clay sculpting you join clay to clay in many ways. Visit a flooring store and purchase a transition piece called a vinyl reducer. When you break a ceramic vase or plate it doesn t have to go into the trash you can often glue the pieces back together seamlessly.

The filler material flows over the base metal and ceramic and the entire assembly is then cooled to join the pieces together. Most are very intuitive. Just stick some more clay to the nose area and press it on. Joining clay to clay.

However some potters even famous ones have abandoned the traditional score and slip method saying they found direct contact to be more reliable. Methods vary from simple to mechanical means to adhesive bonding and brazing. As a general note ceramic works shrink around 10 when fired in the kiln. Greenware refers to unfired objects that still hold sufficient moisture content to be plastic soft and malleable but are prone to distortion.

Attaching clay parts cases. Solder or braze attachment has been preferred in many cases over adhesives since solders or. Brazing is considered to be well established commercial processes for ceramic metal joints also 37 where it is widely used in industry in different parts because. Brazing forms very strong permanent joints.

The first thing you learn in ceramics is score and slip to attach 2 wet pieces of clay you score both sides with a needle tool or fork apply water or slip and mush them together. How to glue ceramic pieces back together. Although these vinyl reducers are made to go from wood floor or laminate down to vinyl you could also use them going from ceramic tile to vinyl. Just press and smooth the next coil to the last.

If you affix a piece of scrap baseboard or plywood in the same size it ll help keep this channel clean of thinset making the transition strip much easier to install. Coil built shapes are made this way as well. Understanding of these stages will influence the visual quality of a final piece and is key to working with ceramics.