The first ceramic products - bricks and roofing tiles - were widely used by the Romans. However, over time, their production practically disappeared and only from the middle of the 12th century it was revived in European countries.
Pyrogranite is a special technology for the production of decorative ceramics under the influence of high temperature, which makes the product resistant to all kinds of temperature and atmospheric influences, due to which pyrogranite has become a popular material for external and internal finishing works. The history of the appearance of “fire granite” is interesting because two inventors worked on its creation in parallel, in Austria-Hungary and in Russia...
Ceramic products have been used for surface cladding since ancient times. For example, in decorating the underground halls of the pyramids, the Egyptians used bluish-green glazed tiles.
Since ancient times in Rus', the main sign of a person’s wealth was the decoration of his home. And since the stove occupied the dominant place in the house, its decoration was given a special role.
The word "brick" is borrowed from Turkic languages. Before brick, Rus' used a “plinth” - a thin and wide clay plate measuring about 40 x 40 cm, with a thickness of 2.5 to 4 cm. Such a plinth, for example, was used in the construction of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. The shape and size of the plinth are explained by the ease of molding, drying and firing “thin” bricks. It was made in special wooden forms, dried for 10-14 days, and then fired in a kiln.
Having visited the exhibition of building materials and technologies “ StroyExpoCrimea ” in Yalta, we, like any person who visited Crimea for the first time, decided not to sit in the hotel in vain, but to devote our free time to exploring local attractions.
In Crimea, as well as throughout the world, ceramics have played a big role in people's lives since ancient times. Having emerged as an industry of utilitarian significance, it gradually acquired an aesthetic character.
