#Ceramic #Pottery Where do you buy food contact ceramic products? From retailer or Amazon? Usually retailers have a quality system to ensure the products meet CPSIA and FDA requirements, especially heavy metals (lead, cadmium...) , but sellers on Amazon are totally different.

#Ceramic #Pottery #Newbonechina New bone china has been in prevail for a while, but do you know, it is just a concept, it is a new combination of clay mineral creating a similar bone china finish, but the price is much cheaper than bone china.

#Ceramic #Pottery How to identify if the decal is under glaze? Look at the surface of the decal area, if it is exact same as the other glazing area, same shining and not slight protruded on decal surface, it is under glaze decal.

#Ceramic #pottery decal contributes an important factor in lead and cadmium exceed FDA or CA65 limits, when selecting the ceramics, suggest pick the products with the decal is under glaze or without decal, so, how to identify if the decal is under glaze?

#Ceramic #Pottery For the food direct contact products, e.g. bowl, plate, mug...there are concerns regarding the lead and cadmium exceed FDA and CA 65 limits, as we known, excessive lead and cadmium bring harm to human body, so how to properly select food direct contact ceramic?

#Ceramic #pottery #ceramicproduction, Due to labor cost is getting higher and higher, it will be smart way trying to use rolling technique or high pressure technique for shaping, for slip casting, it is not recommeded due to heavy handmade.

#Ceramic #Sourcing Low temperature decal is definitely not safe in using dinnerware, can consumer identify the ceramics are using low temperature decal? Not, it needs lab test and special equipment, for consumers, it will be better to buy ceramics from a reputable retailers or sellers

#Ceramic #Sourcing The decal can be divided into high temperature decal (firing about 800 degree Celsius) and low temperature decal (firing 200 degree Celsius), for dinnerware, the decal must be high temperature, otherwise it will have heavy metal concerns which violate CPSIA requirements.

#Ceramics #Sourcing #Ceramicdesign, when designing the ceramic, it would be a savvy way to use decal or pad printing techniques instead of hand painting to lower the cost of production. Below products are using pad printing technique.

#Ceramic #Sourcing There are different type of clay for ceramic, earthenware, stoneware, porcelain and terracotta, different type of clay has different characteristic, stoneware and porcelain are oftenly used in dinnerware&kitchenware, earthenware and terracotta are used more in deco.

#Ceramic#sourcing#manufacturing, more and more ceramic products selling in the market are not using hand painting technique anymore due to the labor cost is getting higher and higher, instead, more and more factories are using pad printing, decal...to present the finish that consumers want.

#Ceramicsourcing in China. Continue last message, given the complexity of mineral resources, the precision required for sensitive kilns, and the reliance on highly skilled handmade processes, such a relocation seems unlikely, or it may take more time to do the transition if the trend is inevitable.

#Ceramicsourcing in China. #hottopic - Will the ceramic industry be shifted from China to Southeast Asia following tariff increases introduced by the #Trumpadministration?

#Ceramicsourcing in China. There are different types of ceramic, for earthenware, it is more suitable for painting with 3d figure, more applicable for seasonal decor-Christmas, Holloween..., for stoneware, it is oftenly used in tabletop and kitchenware, below products are made of stoneware.

#Ceramic sourcing in China, what are the differences between stoneware & earthenware? Stoneware is a bit more yellowish, heavier than earthenware, vice versa, earthenware is a bit whiter, lighter than stoneware.