Ceramics

Willoware emerged in Osāyo around the end of the 8th Century AB. A small percentage of iron oxide is added to the glaze, and the pot placed in an oxygen-reducing kiln.

Earthenware fired at relatively low temperatures, terracotta has seen use worldwide. Statuary and pots in terracotta was a typical part of culture in early Temacan and southern Einir; it remains so in Yashdar, where life-size statues of terracotta are surprisingly common, and in Suru and Sayintha (where colours are often added).

First appearing in Yashdar around the middle of the 3rd Century AB, lusterware spread to Gykken and Temacan both, but its homeland still produces the best. Metal salts of copper or silver are added to a finished pot, necessitating a second firing—the process is expensive and the effect wears off with use, so most lusterware is mainly ornamental.

The kaolin used to make these thin ceramics is found worldwide, but only really exploited in a few areas. Of these, the "porcelain capitals" are Durnhão, for its multicoloured tiles, and Gykken, which favours inlays.

Harder-fired stoneware has been produced in Inakku for millennia, as it has in much of Yashdar. In recent centuries it has become more popular in Einir, and Nukambi happened on the recipe on their own.

A particular mixture of minerals in the ranges around Duway and Girradjaw proved perfect, when combined with bone ash from muttonbirds, for creating a light, strong ceramic, the envy of the southern world.