The Physics of Translucent Porcelain its Contemporary Artistic Aspects

Abstract

Transparency is a materialistic value with physical characteristics that can refract and transmit light to several transparent natural and manufactured materials. Porcelain clays are considered one of the transparent materials, and this research aims to discover translucent porcelain physics and study its contemporary aspects. The research’s importance lies in demonstrating the techniques that achieve ceramic transparency and in describing the stages of translucent porcelain evolution and investing it in adding contemporary artistic features. The research follows the descriptive analytical method in classifying the transparency and discovering the physics of porcelain clays and identifying its contemporary artistic aspects. The results came as the following: The visual characteristics of the translucent porcelain enhance the effectiveness of the shadow, the light, and the gravity, in addition to the actualization of the fourth dimension through a variety of artistic techniques that link the light and the clay’s thickness. Contemporary potters showed interest in utilising the visual features and playing with its roles and emphasizing the concept of transparent porcelain, as well as being open to renewing and adding to its artistic aspects. It also recommends:- Studying the components of the porcelain clay enhances the readiness of transparency in the ceramic formation.- Conducting more research about providing a comparative aesthetic vision that explains the relationship between translucent and dark clays.