25 jaar ArenA
Delfts Blauwe ArenA
The roots of the Delfts blue houses go back to the 17th century. For the 25th anniversary of the Johan Cruijff ArenA, Royal Delft designed a minitiature stadium, using old traditions and the newest 3D techniques.
Het proces
- Delfts blue pottery is made of clay which exists of ten materials, included china clay.
- The minitiature stadium was designed with a 3D software program and printed after with a 3D printer.
- The print gets turned into a plaster mold, in which the clay gets poured.
- Once the clay is dry, the minitiature gets taken out of the mold, details get fixed, and then it gets baked in an oven at a temperature of 1160 degrees celcius. Once it's done, it gets called a biscuit.
- Once it's cooled down, it gets decorated by painters with a black paint made from cobalt oxide and a coat of white enaml gets added.
- The painted biscuit goes back into the oven for 24 hours at a temperature of 1200 degrees celcius. The black paint turns into Delfts blue and the white coat becomes transparent.
- After a quality check, the stadium gets the Premium quality mark and the special anniversary logo of the ArenA.
Royal Delft
The painters, mold makers and bakers of Royal Delft have been making Delfts Blue since 1653. By adding new techniques and developing new designs over the years, Royal Delft is known worldwide. The skills get taught from generation to generation. Every year the factory gets 140.000 visitors.
