Terracotta is made of clay.
Clay is the main ingredient in Terracotta.
The difference between clay and terra-cotta is that clay is the raw material, while terra-cotta is clay that is already modeled and fired.
Typically, terra-cotta objects may be made of any types of organic clay, but earthenware clay has the brown-orange color that is also known as terra-cotta.
Terracotta is usually made from a fairly coarse, porous type of clay.
This is first shaped (or sculpted), then fired until hard.
Baked terracotta is not watertight, a layer of glaze is required for this. Sometimes recycled terracotta ("grog") is mixed with fresh clay to make a new batch of the material.
Terracotta is often used as a color word, too, to describe the natural brown-orange color of terracotta products.
A shade between orange and brown, terracotta is a cozy color that helps to warm the house with just a few touches.
Terracotta is found in China.
Terracotta was found in the First Emperor of China, Emperor Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum (246 to 208 BCE, but not discovered until 1974 by local Chinese farmers).
Terracotta is widely preferred for sculpture, given its thick and malleable texture and eases to be molded.