Transmutation Porcelain: A Special Chinese Product

by David Cheng Transmutation porcelain is a peculiar art where the artists are not trained to paint traditional images on the items they make. Instead, colors and remarkable patterns form right in the glaze of the piece. So how is this type of porcelain made? To make transmutation porcelain, potters simply apply a layer or multiple layers of glaze that was unevenly mixed with copper, cobalt, titanium, manganese, or other metals. These metallic elements will turn into different colors durin