Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Clay, printed mugs and ceramics
Humans have been messing about with clay since the first cave person mucked around and produced a bowl shape which when left to dry made a good storage pot. The problem with this method was that if the pot got wet it would dissolve! Another cave person, probably driven by curiosity, put a similar pot in the fire and would have been delighted to discover that this fired pot did not fall to pieces in damp weather, although it would still have been no good for collecting water.
Apparently the oldest known pottery fragments were produced by the Hittite civilisation between 1400 and 1200BC in Asia Minor and ceramics were perfected in Mesopotamia in the following centuries BC.
Here at JPP we are busy providing printed mugs for the business gifts trade, a far cry from the river bank. Printed mugs are always popular and we have a wide range from the basic earthenware standard mug to bone china cups and saucers. Screen printing, transfer printing and digital four colour process are all possible on our mugs and the prices are very competitive. Call us for samples or emails us at sales@juon.co.uk
