We understand all things made of clay, including Sculptures, household goods and even buildings as garden pottery.

Clay is a soft and yielding material which serves to make almost anything. We can divide garden pottery into two types: functional and non-functional. Non-functional clay products are used as elements of garden decorum. For example we can place statues of amphibias, insects or fairytale heroes, or more abstract elements like ceramic stones in our garden.

Functional clay products besides their aesthetic value carry out some necessary function in the household. We can include foutains, springs, swimming-pool or pond tiling, ceramic lamps, plant containers, various supporting walls into this category,

A substantial drawback of ceramics is that few clay products can endure weather conditions of russian climate. Before byuing such product you have to define whether it will be used only in the summer season or throughout the year. Ceramics used only in summer usually needs special storage conditions in winter.

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