The Baking Process of Terracotta

Materials Needed:

• Charcoal
• Wood Pellets
• Coconut Shell
• Kerosene
• Tawa or Pan
• Terracotta Pendant and Beads
• Earthen pot

Baking Process:

Start by taking an earthen pot which should have wide opening so that it would be easy to ire the terracotta jewelry easily. And then put some coconut shell, wood pellets, charcoal in it, you can also use flammable item such as broken woods, which is available at your home but charcoal is must. Then pour some kerosene over it and fire them please be careful while firing, it is advisable to fire them in an open space since firing inside your home is quite dangerous.

Now allow the Charcoal to burn it becomes red hot coal. It would take around 1 to 1.5 hours’ time to become a red hot coal. So, be patience and careful and keep an eye over it. Meanwhile the coal turns red hot, let us place the pan or tawa over the gas stove or an induction stove. And preheat the terracotta beads or pendant. The preparation time of red hot coal and preheating process of the jewelry at least 15 to 20 mins of coal becomes red hot. Because, the jewelry should be hot while we place it into the red hot coal.

Now check whether the coal turns red hot, when it is red hot and once the jewels become so hot, transfer it to the earthen pot containing red hot coal. While transferring the jewel make sure that the red hot coal is placed over the jewels. So, that the jewelry would observe the heat from the red hot coal. Fan it at regular intervals to make the hot coal, so that the coal will be hot for a few hours. Now keep the terracotta jewels for at least 2 to 3 hours at red coal to have a better result. After 3 hours, you could notice the jewels tanned to blackish shade. Now it is the time to take the jewelry out of the hot pot. Thus take the terracotta jewelry from the earthen pot. Now the Terracotta jewelry baking or firing process ended.

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