Design and production ceramic jewelry using the chromatic and formal effect of fruits, seeds and their chemical composition

Zaki, Zahira; Omran, Riham

doi:10.21608/mjaf.2018.20395

Design and production ceramic jewelry using the chromatic and formal effect of fruits, seeds and their chemical composition

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Zahira Zaki ¹
Riham Omran ²

¹ Emeritus Professor – Desert Research Center

² Ceramic Designer

10.21608/mjaf.2018.20395

Abstract

Ceramic jewelry are distinguished from other types of jewelry with their attractiveness and variety of methods of production and decoration, in addition to its economic value, one way to leave a chromatic and formal effect on the surface of ceramic jewelry is to add organic matter, many fruits and seeds can be used to add this aesthetic effect, the resulting color varies on the surface of the ceramic jewelry depending on the chemical composition of seeds or fruits used because when you add them to the piece of jewelry and burn, it left empty place and formations are produced on the piece surface after jewelry burning, a chromatic effect is caused by the reduction of organic matter, this varies effect depending on the type of seeds and fruits, which leads to the benefit of design in the formation and production of jewelry in an economic way.

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