CERAMICS
The reddish soils of the Tagus basin as it passes through the province of Toledo through the province of Toledo provided the clay – from the Latin argilla, from from the Latin argilla, potter’s clay as the raw material for one of mankind ‘ s oldest industries.
Dried in the sun, crushed, sieved, mixed with water, moulded by the potter on his potter’s wheel, fired and decorated, the coarse paste is transformed, in the hands of potters and ceramists, into objects that for centuries have been in everyday use, and today – without losing their usefulness in many cases – have become pieces of undoubted artistic value.
