Ceramic decorations have increased their aesthetic value by ascribing different meanings to the products produced since the first ages when ceramic production began. In addition to this, it has also been an important means of conveying people's feelings, thoughts and current lives. Ceramic decors, which were initially applied using primitive methods, later started to be applied with modern methods with the development of technology. Today, mass productions are made in the ceramic industry with the constantly developing ceramic decoration methods. In artistic works, applications are presented with different effects of hand decorations as well as technical decoration methods.
In this book, a brief history of ceramic decors and application techniques from the beginning, ceramic decor design and purpose, ceramic decor types applied on underglaze, underglaze, overglaze and wet mud and the methods used in these decors, screen printing decors, decoration methods applied in today's ceramic art and industry, application stages and explained with examples.