Kiln Traditions
How Place Shapes Porcelain
Explore how clay, fuel, rivers and everyday needs shape a kiln tradition’s techniques and aesthetics.
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Understand culture through objects, craft and life
Drawing on CIDIAN’s cultural topics and teaching resources, these stories explore kiln traditions, techniques, vessel forms and everyday aesthetics.
Heritage Skills
Ceramics: Craft Between Clay and Fire
Follow clay preparation, forming, decoration, glazing and firing to understand how craftspeople observe materials and develop skill.
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Ethnic Cultures
Discover China’s Cultures Through Figurines
Clothing, patterns and daily life make ceramic figurines a tangible introduction to China’s cultural diversity.
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Vessel Forms
Ways of Life in Vessel Forms
Compare vessel shapes and uses to discover how lifestyles, practical needs and aesthetics influence making.
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Heritage Skills
Carving: Drawing with a Blade
From sketching to cutting and finishing, discover how lines follow a surface and depth creates layers.
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Everyday aesthetics
Tie-Dye: Patterns in Blue and White
Explore how folding, tying and dyeing combine structure and handwork to create blue-and-white patterns.
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Everyday aesthetics
Tea: Courtesy and Harmony
From selecting tea and preparing vessels to brewing and serving, explore the relationship between utensils, sequence and hospitality.
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Everyday aesthetics
Botanical Traditions: Learning from Nature
Observation, identification and recording reveal connections between botanical traditions, natural change and daily life.
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