The Potential of Local Clays in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Enrich The Aesthetics of Contemporary Ceramics

Abstract

The study takes about Saudi Arabia's local clays and how potters get benefit from it to make several ceramics which give feature to each area from other, whereas the local clay created potters' creativity through exploitation their lands and working on processing and improving its properties. Ceramic artist makes the local clay more using to cover all vision through working on surface treatments that increase the beauty of ceramics which made from this clay and getting benefit from what the clay has like strength and withstands different temperatures. Wherefore, the problem statement gets stuck on the question that say could get benefit from Saudi Arabia local clay's possibilities to enrich beauty of contemporary ceramics? The statement goal guide to recognize for local clay's possibilities and its forming methods. In addition, the extent of the possibility to produce innovative ceramics pieces through local clay and enriching its surface by different treatments like Raku firing. Enriching spectator's eye by beauty of random colors which came from Raku firing. The hypotheses statement that can prepare local clay and treatment it to be valid for ceramics formation and withstands different temperatures. The Raku firing contribute for produce of local clay's contemporary ceramic which has different solution of beauty. The important consequences summarize on finding the valid local clay for formation and withstands different temperatures. The tradition ceramics which made from local clays considered as inspiration for contemporary ceramics artists. Abstract Expressionism open aesthetic prospects to innovation of random colors overlaps by Raku firing technique.