Example of an exquisite porcelain table setting trimmed with 24kt |
From the potter's wheel and the kiln are born creations of art that serve an aesthetic and every day functional use. The Ceramic and Glass Workshops occupy an area surrounded by nearby forests and a lake. The tranquil setting ensures that those who labor here work undisturbed.
  Examples of a glass bowl, vase, and plate produced by the shops. |
"Molten, it is plastic, ductile, almost docile. Cooled, it has the mechanical rigidity of a crystal, but retains the random molecular arrangement that characterizes liquids. Its strength, hardness, elasticity and resistance to thermal shock and abrasion have made it a superbly useful material, and the great majority of glass production throughout history, has in fact been utilitarian. But glass an also take almost any shape, can be given any almost any color, can be layered, blown, molded, cut, fused and ground, and has thus also long been an important medium of artistic expression." |
However, glass is a mealable material; thus, the workshops do not only produce uliterian wares but objects of art. Chandeliers in the chandelier in the form of hanging flowers are produced here as is jewelry made from this most basic of silicas. The science of electricity is well known to Imajians and is use through out the most populated parts of the Empire. However, most prefer to use natural ocurring crystals that produce a natural light source that last several years. In the Keep, wiring is prohibited, since Stonehaven is alive. For illumination only fire and the crystals are use.The artisans of the Keep try to emulate the natural world that surrounds them.
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