Essays on Ceramic

Impact of Art on Society

Today there is no such person person who has never faced the arts. Art surrounds us everywhere: graffiti, murals, street performers, theatre, shop signs, architecture, film, music. Each of us came across one from the list at least once in his or her life. This is not a secret that any type of art carries information, that the author has put in it. Some art may carry a huge amount of information, some less. Which type of art bears more information text or images is an issue that needs to be sorted out. Let's look at this issue on ...

CAD/ CAM IN DENTISTRY

The abbreviation CAD or CAM in dentistry stands for Computer Aided Design or Computer Aided Manufacturing (European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry, 2016). The utility of CAD/ CAM has been quite extensive in the modern world of dentistry, mainly in the field of dentistry laboratory. In an article by some eminent research workers, the concept of CAM/ CAD was termed as “A novel procedure for virtual dental implant planning” (L et al., 2008). They also called the same as a meeting of the 3D X- rays with CAD/ CAM. In another article, it was said that the development of CAD/ ...

Business Analysis

The company is both directly and indirectly affected by a vast array of different political factors (Jobber & Ellis-Chatwick 2013). In particular, the ways the company gets its supplies and merchandises output is directly related to multiple political issues (Kotler et al 2013). In particular, large international companies are nowadays obliged to respect different environmental and social norms, which are enforced by the political agents. Today’s research shows that these norms tend to become stricter and stricter. If a company disrespects such norms, any form of incompliance may result in causing negative political pressure on business, and the state ...

Museums are home to the historical heritage of all societies in the world and hold historical significant to anyone interested in all the cultures of the world. It is a worthy cause visiting and acquainting oneself with the cultural heritage of any communities or societies in the world. The National Museum of the American Indian in New York City is no exception. It is home to several art pieces from different parts of the world. Among them are exhibits from the indigenous South American communities. The cultural and ethnographic exhibits from this region and other parts of the world ...

Toshiko Takaezu is considered one of the most influential and well-known international ceramic and painting artists. Her ceramic art works are intersected closely with her painting; one can say that her painting is present at her ceramics. Toshiko was born in 1922 in Hawaii. Her parents were Japanese immigrants from the middle class. The artist graduated from the University of Hawaii Art, and then entered the Crandbrook Educational Community of Michigan. Toshiko got a broad education associated with the art of painting and ceramics. Her style cannot be confused with any other. Toshiko Takaezu’s creativity can be considered unique ...

ABSTRACT

There are a number of important benefits that can be gleaned for humanity as a whole if production processes could be moved to space. This is a holistic investigation of the different benefits of moving manufacturing processes to space, and of the current processes that are capable of being carried out in space or in orbit. Full-scale production of space vehicles is the final end goal of the process, but a focus on small-scale production via 3-D printing technologies is also examined over the course of the study. A literature review and meta-analysis was conducted to determine the effects of manufacturing in Microgravity ...

A dental cavity in a tooth is the result of the decay process that happens over time when bacteria in the mouth produce acids. In a time, acids can dissolve enamel and cause a hole, which is known as a cavity. Unlike some other injuries, a cavity will not heal by itself and needs to be filled. Several different materials are available, and each material has advantages and disadvantages. Dental fillings can be categorized as direct or indirect restorations. Direct restorations are fillings that get inserted into a cavity in a single visit. These substances include consisting of amalgams, glass and resin ionomers and composite ...

Haniwa Horse

Description of the historical work in Ceramic Media Haniwa Horse encompasses a small horse hollow terracotta statue placed in aristocratic graves during the Kofun period in ancient Japan (Haniwa uma 43). Haniwa is Japanese word that means circle of clay to refer to the unglazed red clay cylinders put around the burial mounds. Haniwa horse supports the ground on the imperial burial mound to provide stability and support the roof of the tomb. The artisans of the Kofun era were the first to design the Haniwa Horse during Japan’s Iron Age. The Kofun means an old tomb ...

Glass-based system (mainly silica) with fillers usually crystalline (typically leucite of a different high-fusing glass) is a modified procedure of category 1 whereby different amounts of other crystals are grown. In this category, the primary crystal used includes Fluorapatite, disilicate, leucite, and lithium. Leaucites that is a potassium aluminum silicate, are used where ceramic is to be fused onto a metal to modify the thermal expansion, but in leucite reinforced ceramics system, it increase the flexural strength. Leucite has a larger thermal expansion than glass and has newer finer ones that make it ideal. Sintering involve application of slurry powder to a refractory die ...

People, since the past years, have been slowly but surely realizing the impacts of commission and or omission of certain actions on the environment and how it contributes to the worldwide phenomenon that is climate change. What makes this worldwide phenomenon eye and attention-catching is the fact that it has already caused the loss of thousands of lives and billions of dollars’ worth of property losses and damages all around the world. Life-cycle assessment is a technique that centers on the process of assessing the impacts (i.e. environmental impacts) of a certain product from the stage that it was produced or ...

The history of Mesoamerica has often been told and retold in a variety of mediums and forums concerned primarily with the development of the region from its sprawling civilizations, to the assemblage of nations that characterizes it today. Its rich culture, manifested through its structures, calendrical records, and sports, may be seen as concrete proof of a civilization thriving in the lush tropical landscape of Central America. Mesoamerican art, in this regard, serves a twofold function in the pursuit of preserving its cultural heritage. Firstly, it manages to record the beliefs, value systems, and concerns of the Mesoamerican people at the time. ...

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Introduction

What is the meaning of the word “Print? And why is it believed that it is the key to open paths to our futuristic views. As humans how do we savor a moment in the past? How do we tell those who come after us what happened in our age? How do we preserve our heritage and culture in a way that we ensure is not lost within the threads of time? Humans concluded that that way is printing. Whether it was carved on wood, metal, transferred by pressure to parchment or vellum, rolled with ink or paint. The ...

Hydraulic fracturing is a method that allows natural gas and oil to have free movement from the rock pores to a low permeability rock formation where they are trapped to come to the surface. The technology came into place in the 1940s and had been operational in most of the drilling stations. The method uses water, ceramic beads or sand, and other chemicals, as the main materials for the exercise. The mixture is pumped into the surface under high pressure and causes fractures in the rock that extends outward from the bore (Michael 2011). The main function of using the proppant ...

Introduction

Thin films are in use since ages, and in old times people used to beat gold with hammers into thin films about less than one μm thickness and then used this thin film for gold coating of different stuffs. Thin films are used in many materials and do use them in daily life but are not aware of it. If one wax cars or paint homes that mean, they are applying a thin film.

Bulk Material VS thin film

Bulk materials are those materials that are mined. They are referred to as Bulk solid in mining and mineral industry. The material that can be stored ...

The Middle East is predominantly an Islamic society. Muslim art and architecture is heavily influenced by the religious attitudes. There is prejudice against pictorial representation of animal figure and human being due to the Prophet Mohammed teachings that are against idols and idol worship. This attitude influenced the development of geometric and stylized designs. Muslims have excelled mostly in the fields of architecture and decorative arts (Choueri 88: Ham 176: Graber 1). Islamic artists draw their inspiration from many sources: inspiration was drawn from Byzantine, Indian, Chinese and Persian models. These craftsmen then made their models in original and ...

A fire shelter is a safety device. This device is used by fire fighters particularly when they are stuck in wildfires. It is designed in a manner that it reflects radiant heat while protecting the firefighter from heat. The fire shelter can also trap fresh breathable air to be used by the wild firefighters. This is crucial because it preserves their life by protecting them from hot gases. Over time, materials which have been used to manufacture fire shelters are not environment-friendly. These materials are silica fiberglass and foil. Foil is a reflective material while fiberglass and silica act as good insulators. ...

Introduction

The destructive testing of the materials is often used to find out the material properties. The mechanical property is based on the parameters obtained from the material testing. The testing involves tensile testing, hardness testing, creep testing, and impact testing. The non destructive testing involves interaction of energy with the materials. It is necessary to decide the behaviour of the material by knowing the property of the materials. The structure of the material at the atomic level will guess the characteristic of the material at the atomic level. The materials fall into the category of metallic, ceramic, and polymeric. ...

Moche

Moche were considered to be the most interested in the Cupisnique iconographic message. Like their predecessors, Moche chose to include – the spider, bird of prey, monster, fish, and humans – in their religious art. In addition, they added supernatural crab and scorpion. However, the decapitation depiction is extremely circumscribed. Although the variety of decapitators is small, all of them perform the identical task, which is of severing of head. There are several theories that have been proposed to explain the reason behind the several characters that represented the head-takers. The first one is temporal theory. According to this theory, each ...

reinforced with Aluminium glassy alloys

Engineering

The effects of mixing time, sintering temperature, sintering time and pressure on mechanical properties of a metal matrix composite (MMC) reinforced with Aluminium glassy alloys

Introduction

Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs) are an important class of engineering materials because they can continually be adapted to suit the needs of manufacturing and newly available technology. MMCs using aluminium as a basic ingredient can be designed to meet particular needs for high performance materials. Duralumin™ was the first aluminium alloy demonstrating the ability to result in a material with very high temperature strength after solution treatment and aging (STA). Duralumin™ or ...

Presentation and Analysis of Ancient Greek Art in two specific periods of time – Presentation and analysis of Ancient Greek Art in the Ancient Geometric Period – Presentation and Analysis of Ancient Greek Art in the Ancient Classical Period – Comparison and contrast of these two periods in terms of sculpture and ceramic creations [The author’s name]

Abstract

This paper will present you with an analysis of the basic characteristics of Ancient Greek Art as it evolved in specific periods of time. It will focus on the presentation of the characteristics of Art in the Ancient Greek Geometric period and in ...

1. Concrete invention Roman technology is engineering practice that supported the Roman civilization resulting to expansion of its commerce and military for almost a thousand years. The Roman architecture has endured for more than 2000 years due to the way the Romans perfected use of three architectural elements; concrete, arch and vaults. These elements helped in lightening the loads that the Roman structures carried resulting to a strong and stable structure. Concrete was first created through building a form and later pouring in alternate layers of rocks, Roman casement, gravel or bricks. As each of the layers was poured and spread, the ...

Detroit Institute of Art

The Attic Panathenaic Amphora This ceramic vase, Attic Panathenaic Amphora is more particular to me in style distinction, in-depth detail, structure design, and the color and suits my passion for the ancient Greek mythology and sophistication. This vase in particular has the orange-red color with a mix of brown that portray it as warm and excites one inner-self and drive. The vase captures one imagination of how vibrant and exquisite an object looks even in its thousands of years given its less flashy look but so attractive to the eye. The goddess of war is symbolized by the ...

The thesis of this paper is to bring out the concept of the architects who worked on the two great building, considering their intentions and procedure they used and maintained. The two buildings represent the nineteenth century and the twentieth century. The New York Times building which was finished in 2007 is one of the world’s tallest buildings. The building was designed by an architecture that based on the concept of modern buildings, the iron class designed to be draped in ceramic tubes which creates the ceramic .the building is a skyscraper. The project was announced in the year ...

Abstract

This paper clearly presents and defines the numerical study on how hollow building block operates to suppress the convectional currents and reduce the amount of heat flux transferred across the petition of the building wall. The configuration and weight of these blocks have made them to fully be utilized in building the facades. The air filled cavities (hollow cells) together with the small cross-sectional area geometry provides an appropriate elevation for the building block. The hollow polythene bars inserted in this bricks also helps to reduce the heat by about 36% depending on the petition number (Mejad 2006). ...

Different parts of a car are made of different material. The choice of material to make different parts of a motor vehicle is influenced by factors like amount of stress handled by the part, cost of material compared to other alternatives and purpose of the part e.g. decoration etc. These are some of the factors the determine type of material a motor vehicle part is made of. An example of material and part on a car made using the material is given below. (A) Ferrous alloy 1.0 Part made of ferrous alloy

Engine components e.g. bolts and nuts, engine ducts and ...

Introducing mathematical concepts in a class can cause lots of moans and grumbling, but only at first. This is because there are tools and methods available for teachers in order to make the students interested in learning maths. Math is absolutely necessary for students to learn because they use it so often every day of their lives. By empowering children to learn math; calculating numbers can become a natural part of their day instead of something to fear or to avoid. Interestingly children have various personal strategies when it comes to the basic concepts of mathematics. Mack (2011) gives an example ...

Executive Summary

HG Ceramics Company is a company that produces building tiles and other ceramic products. The original company was built on a source of suitable clay and other resources and used to produce 4000Sq of plain white ceramic tiles. The company expanded and opened new factories and this tripled its production and diversified its product line. The company is located in a low labor cost, low material cost region and thus has a competitive advantage over its competitors. In 1999 the company experienced overall drop in product sales since the demand for basic plain wall tiles began to drop. The expectations of the company ...

Different Types of Lighting Available in the Market:

A broad range of lighting lamps is available in the market. Following lights are commonly used in big super markets, hotels and other bigger space places: Incandescent: this type of light is also known as incandescent bulbs. The bulb provides light by heating a specific material kept inside the bulb in the form of filament with electricity. The filament is supported with wire on both sides. The incandescent bulbs are widely accepted and compatible with any temperature. Bulbs do not carry any hazardous material and simple in technology. Metal Halide Light: These lamps are known for their high ...

The artifact called the thin ‘orange ware’ ceramic a Mesoamerican cylindrical tin or vessel with trio sided slanting figures with one of its end either the rear or the hind side having the shape of a bird’s head. This artifact was created 1000 AD in the deserts north of Puebla in Mexico by a group of Popoloca men. It is made using clay of two kinds; black which is hardened from weathering and a sandy cream colored one. It was initially molded by a woman by creating and attaching an elaborate design which looks like a gods homage. On its outer side,series of ...

Ceramic and porcelain tiles – the case for and against

The whole point of the argument for Porcelain against Ceramic tiles is that the former is far more classy and far more vociferous in its’ eventual appearance.

Designs can also be incorporated into several visions much as what can be seen in some historic uses of such tiles. Ceramic tiles obviously lend themselves slightly better to proceedings as they seem to have more artistic flair although porcelain is more durable.

Porcelain is the more durable tile and when one considers Japanese ceramics, there is everything here which is beautiful and artistic. The Japanese have a considerable flair for such things ...

In the article “Made in China” Simon Worrall discusses one of the most interesting Southeast Asia archeological discoveries. Ceramic ware, gold and silver, which was found by divers in turquoise waters, is suggested to belong to Tang Dynasty of China. A lot of specialists are convinced that this is one of the riches discoveries of our times. Prominent experts in archeology believe that this finding can serve as an unquestionable proof of the fact that Tang China produced goods for international mass market. It is rather interesting that in this aspect Tang China is compared with modern China and ...

1. Introduction

Computer hard disk drives are storage devices for digital data. The digital data is stored on high-speed rotating magnetic surfaces. They are non-volatile and use the random access technique to access data stored on them. It consists of fast rotating discs which have magnetic surfaces onto which data is stored. They are permanently mounted on the computers and cannot be easily detached like floppy disks. It is known as hard disk drive as both the disk and the drive are contained inside the same unit. The costs of hard disk drives have fallen in the last few years and ...