Ceramic dates back to 28,000 BCE, and around thr same time in China in the Xianrendong cave when fragments of pots were found, it spreaded until Japan as pieces of ceramic were found dating back to 14,000 BCE.
In 9,000 BCE ceramics and pottery were used to store water and food, then it spread to europe.
Firing or heating up the clay to below 1000 degrees celsius.
In the beginning of the bronze age, glazed pottery was being made in Medopotania.
Ceramics were used as an art form methods used with special and specific ways to shape and color the ceramic paintings.
The Chinese were the first to make klins that could operate at 1350 degrees.
During the 15th century, the europians made a furnace dubbed a "blast furnace" which could reach temperatures of 1500 degrees celsius, (also used in melting metal into bars).
After WW2, ceramics are usd in aerospace, electronics and much more.
As of 2023 it has become over 1.1 trillion dollar industry.
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