Brick - This is the first ceramic engineering material . In fact, we could call this as the first engineering material invented by mankind. It is the basic building block and needless to say there would be no infrastructure without bricks. Buildings, dams and all construction activities rely on this basic engineering material and naturally […]

Due to a big demand for building materials all over the world, brick emerged as a very important material and plenty of research and development took place. This particular ceramic field of brick making saw many technical advancements however even today the production of this important ceramic material is done by the potter in the […]

The early days of pottery saw pottery wares made out of clay available in common places like lake, river bed, etc but not with glaze. The most common ceramic materials in this group were building bricks, roofing tiles, pottery ceramic ware made out of red burning clays.Some articles like pots, jars etc. made by potters […]

When man understood the special characteristics of clay and pottery, he was constantly seeking to find different techniques and understand the magical secrets of the material - ‘Clay’. He started researching the varying properties of clay available in different places like valleys, river beds, hills, etc. He then understood that different types of clay is […]

Necessity is the mother of invention. For the early man his main requirement was food and in the beginning he started by eating raw food. Over a period of time he realised food was better when eaten cooked. He was constantly innovating ways to cook his food and came up with the technique of making […]

The creator used the five basic elements of nature - Water, Earth, Fire, Air and Space to create ‘Life’. Probably that could be the reason why from the very beginning of the existence of mankind, we have always had an attachment to all these five elements. At a physical and emotional level, through generations and […]