Amazing Pottery

i need help from art into clay? In ceramic, the world ware means " pot" or "pottery" True or False Early potteries developed in deserts. True or False Coal is the most universal material on earth.True or False The making of pottery was the beginning of the ceramics industry.True or False Studio pottery is the product of individual potters or people.True or False The most important material used in ceramics is iron.True or False Glass and cement are 2 important ceramic materials.True or False The most important material used in pottery is clay.True or False Clay is often mined with a skip loader or bulldozer.True or False Iron oxide make red clay red.True or False Grog is added to the clay to make it more refractory.True or False The water of plasticity causes clay to be slippery and sticky.True or False Organic material om clay helps the clay be more vitreous.True or False Part of the potter's art is learning to feel when just the right amount of the water of plasticity is present in a ball of clay.True or False

Must clay pottery be fired in a kiln for it to be "fit" for use in human consumption? I've noticed that all the clay I look at in the craft shops, etc, is labeled as being unsuitable for use in human consumption, even though many are also labeled "non toxic" (???). Is there a special type of clay that is "fit" for use with food, or is it the kiln-firing process that makes it safe, or what? I mean, I don't think that indiginous peoples had access to kilns or glazes when they were using their pots (?)... so, I'm a little confused here...

My Report Can you spell check please? please revise this because i am not good at edititng and i worked ver hard on this paper and my grader for this takes a lot of points off for spelling and punctuation pleese help i also want your opinion on the paper this is really important to my gpa Ancient Greek Pottery The ancient Greeks were very interested in arts and recreation. Pottery is really important to visual art. The ancient Greeks valued pottery. Pottery was made for different reasons. Undecorated pottery was used for kitchen and storage purposes. Ceramics were also used for cooking,water supplies,table purposes and feeding bottles. Two handled pots was used for food and liquid. More early corinthian (pottery) was used for household purposes. More fancy pottery was used to decorate sitting rooms as well as other places. There where many artists and potters who made and decorated Amphamora. There was Aplles, who was the official sculptor of Alexander the great, who was a king. Some other names of ancient Greek artists were Polygnotus,Lesth,Mikon and Zeuxis. These potters used different kind of styles. The severe style which was from 530 B.C.E to 380 B.C.E .The Free Style was used from 480 B.C.E to 380 B.C.E. Ceramics featured many different colors and ways of decorating . They painted slip on everything but the figure. Slip is potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics. The figure is the main design of the amphamora. The red figure and black figure was very popular on pottery. It involved painting the back round black and the figures red(as seen in image one ). Same as black figure except the figures were black and the background was red. The red and black figure technique was both used for small and ordinary scenes from everyday life. They decorated by painting and writing on the pottery. Pottery was painted with a naturalistic theme which means that they used a lot of nature scenes on it the ceramics. They had geometric vases meaning the designs were circles,ovals,lines ect. repeating in a mathematical way. They used colors like yellow,red,purple,black and white. The designs were very detailed and specific. They used a palmette honeysuckle pattern which is palm and honey suckle leaves arranged in a rotating cluster. They had decorated borders, frezzies with overlapping circles crossed by straight lines. Some patterns were bead,drop and scroll. The scroll pattern was a ribbon like theme in shape or a scroll. They had harmonious proportions which means that they blend really well together. They painted animals in continuous bands. Animals like panthers,lions ,goats,deer and large birds. The figures on the pottery helped portray the scenes that were painted on the pottery. Kings and warriors were carved into the pottery. Gods,Goddesses and human beings where also on the pottery. Orpheus, a superhero was very popular on Greek pottery , as well as other super heroes. Greek pottery was made at different times. At Around 11,00 B.C.E people around the world were making pottery. The ancient Greeks caught on to this and started it during the new stone age . During the Hellenistic period pottery wasn't as popular. The times potter was popular was 530 B.C.E to 480 B.C.E and from 480 B.C.E to 330 B.C.E. Ancient Greek pottery was important to Greek art. Ancient Greek corinthian was used for storage, decorating and had many details. Pottery today is in art museums,auctions and shops. Now they use a potters wheel. What Ancient Greek pottery and pottery today have in common is that they were u

TY for the answers on the roast, but I need to know about the pottery cooking pot? It Looks like pottery (red). There is a special way to cook in this clay pot, but it was a used gift without instructions. Anyone know about how to cook with a clay pot?

I want to do a mosaic on clay pots, using broken pottery, china, etc. Any advice?

How much are the pottery peices at Clay Cafe Studios? I've already been to their website and it doesn't say the actual price of the clay pots.

What process is gone through when making a clay sculpture (pottery)? like a vase, or a clay pot or something. i know they also have this spinning wheel thing where you use to mold the clay and stuff.. and you list out the process like 1. abc.... 2. kjdkjd.... please? im writing a story that includes pottery making. thanks for the help!! :D im sorry if the question is phrased in a very confusing way

Pottery: firing, reapplying fresh clay, refiring ok? I know the title sounds a little weird, but is it possible if say I were to make a clay pot that didn't look very smooth when i took it out of the kiln, could I apply clay slip to it and polish it and refire it so it would look smooth? or would it crack

in pottery, how do you center your clay on a pottery wheel? i'm taking sculpture for freshmen year, and i had mr. lannon center the clay for me and i was able to make pots pretty easily, but i can't center it myself, it's the only problem and the biggest problem i'm having. how exactly do you center them while the wheel is turning?

Dirty Jobs: Clay pot & NY tannery? Does anyone remember the clay jar maker that puts faces on his jars? Mike Rowe bought a pig from the guy. Does anyone know the name of the artisan that made the jars and where I can find his pottery?

does any one know how to remove potting clay from carpet? this is the type of clay that is used to make pottery

How hot can you get homemade pottery? I made a tea pot in my pottery class and I was wondering if you can actually boil water in it. I don't know what kind of glaze is on it but I know it is safe to drink out of. It has been fired two times on for the clay and one for the glaze.

How do I prevent clay from cracking as it dries? Our pottery,especially coil pots, tend to crack as it is drying. Is the clay to wet to start with? Is it drying to quickly? Do I have the wrong kind of clay?(cone 06 earthenware-red and white)

Pottery and Clay Modelling? I am looking at fulfilling a lifetime ambition of making quirky one off pots, plates, ornaments, jugs vases, ashtrays and all sorts of weird and wonderful nik naks - all in clay. I don't have much money to throw at this as it will start as a hobby, and hopefully if it gains enough momentum I can sell things locally or on ebay and maybe have enough money for a kiln. My question is therefore how can I get started and what''s the best type of clay to use and without a kiln but using an oven or outside gas barbecue barbecue (which can heat up to 800degrees - not sure if this is celcius or farenheit)?

what class would you rather take, pottery or silversmithing? would you rather make clay pots, mugs, ect? or would you rather make sterling silver jewelry?

Has anyone made masks using non-polymer clay? I am about to undertake a class that instructs students about using pottery materials to make masks. I do not want to use polymer clay as glazing techniques used on fired hand-thrown pots will produce the type of appearance I want to achieve. As I understand it, this will not happen using polymer clay because its basic ingredient is plastic and the colors applied are the colors you get, even when fired. Has anyone done this kind of modeling and if so, any advice to offer?

how do you "cook" your pottery? if u make a pot or something from clay on a pottery wheel how do u make it like glass... like if it fell it would crack not crumble.. can u put it into the mircrowave or over??

Where can I get red clay? Where can I get red clay to make my own planting pots or pottery? I need it to be wet or soft untill I cook it. Thanks Lady Lara Croft. I tried googling it once and didn't get any good results.

has anyone heard of hackbarth or hachburth pottery? i found some old cermic or clay pots and they say hackbarth or hackbutrh on the bottem i want to know if its art or what it can be

Can you mend a dry clay piece by using wet clay? I was in my pottery class and I knocked over a really nice piece! I didn't tell anyone (yea I know I should have admitted it but I'm scared too). I was just wondering if the kid can fix the pot or if he/she has to scrap it and start all over?!? We use red brown clay and it hasn't been fired yet but its really dry. Can he just paste it on with wet clay??

does anyone have any good ideas for ways to make a pot or vase for a school project? i have a school project were im making a piece of pottery from ancient china. i dont have a weel. all i have is clay from wallmart! i need some ideas! the best thing would be videos.but anything will help!

Kohishiwara pottery of Japan. In hills hear Kurume? Visited in 1958 bought large covered pot. Have not seen or heard of it since and wondered if it was still there. Pounded clay with bamboo pot filled by running stream.

I am trying to Identify a indian pottery of mine and i can't find it anywhere Please Help me? I want to say it is made out of clay,It is a woman sitting down with a baby on her back and a pot in front of her.her hair is braided and has feather in her hair..

Can I make my own pottery glaze? I used local clay from some streetwork here in lincoln nebraska to make a small pot. I sucsesfully bisque fired it with charcoal in an old clay fondation tile. Would a slurry of ash clay and water work as a glaze? will the charcoal get hot enough to fire the glaze? If not is there any way to make potter glaze I can fire with charcoal using locally found materials?

Pottery question? How come in school our art teacher told us we couldn't drink out of our clay cups? They were glazed and everything. What do you need to do so you can eat from your clay pots, plates, etc.?

What's a Greek myth that involves some sort of pottery? for the assignment, i just need to make a clay jar and paint it with a scene from a Greek myth. but i'd like the myth to have something to do with pottery, so i could paint a god/goddess holding the certain type of pot. so just name the myth, which god/goddess was in it, and just a broad summary. the teacher gave us a mythology book, so i should be able to find it somewhere in there. thanks!

I want to learn pottery.? I want to learn how to make pottery using clay. Can I teach myself? Where do I start? I'm not interested in the Plaster of Paris chalky stuff. I mean the pots, etc. We have an art studio here that offers classes sometimes, but not right now. I need any and all information pertaining to this and I just can't find anything online. Thanks in advance.

where can i make pottery in illlinois? i want to use a potters wheel but i cant find anywhere that u can pay a fee and then make a simple pot without any experience needed. it has to be in illinois around orkand park. or a place that u can pay to paint pottery or something like that. Like Crackpots if youve heard of it. there was one by me but then it closed and now i have no where to make art with clay or paint pottery. Please Help.

How to get a straight, even pot on a wheel? My husband is majoring in art therapy and has to take a clay class. He is having a lot of problems on the pottery wheel, and he has to make 12 pots, at least 6 inches, before Monday. His pots are ending up "waisted", essentially, big and floppy on top, small in the middle, and break off. HELP! He needs to pass this class! you are right, he's been trying for a few days now with no luck. his teacher has a huge class and there is little to no one on one attention b/c the teacher is so busy. thanks for responding.

General Pottery Knowledge Needed? Highschool Level? I need help with a few questions for my pottery studyguide. I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out. Thanks! :) 1) The first firing of a kiln to make the pots or scultpures hard, non-dissolving, easier to glaze and yet still water absorbent is called the __ firing. (Fill in blank.) 2) Explain why we use the plaster bats found in the back room. 3) Why do we fire the pots once and then glaze them? Why not just do it all at once? 4) Glaze should be applied to ceramics the thickness of a ___. 5) Do we glaze fire pots at a highter temperature than the bisque firing or at the same temperature as the bisque? 6) Clay can be slaked down with water and reprocessed even after it has been fired to 400 degrees F. True or False. Thank you!

Pottery Idea Question plz help? We have to make a hollow cylinder out of clay and make something out of it...like a boot or something. Any Ideas of what a hollow cylinder pot with a bottom b\can be made into? We also have to make a bowl and the top edge(s) must have a design...and the bottom has to have 3 feet attached to make it stand ...I am sorry I cant explain this very well and my spelling is probably bad, but if you have the slightest idea please give me an idea!!!!

Runescape Crafting Help!!!? How do you make pottery? First i mined clay then i clicked on pottery oven it had for pottery things: pot, pie dish, bowl and plant pot. I clicked bowl then it said 'you don't have any bowls that need firing' then how do you make a bowl and the other pottery.( i'm a free member) 1. Don't write' dont play the game.'2. Dont write something i didnt ask you to write. JUST ANSWER MY QUESTION!!!

What paint to use on a teapot made of clay? I am planning to make a teapot chinese style for my pottery class. I want to know if a stain could be used to make the picture (flowers) on the pot or a matte would work better. I also want to have the whole pot have a clear glossy finish. Last semester I made my pictures with glaze then waxed over before I put a clear coat of glaze on and it turned out perfect. This time I do not want the pic glossy so hence wondering what to used for the pics. Could I used the same process that I did before with the waxing? Thanks for the suggestions This might help. This is the picture I am looking to make on the pot http://funalliance.com/tea/htm/teapot/870901549.htm Also could I write with the matte or stain to write a quote on the pot would it work?

There is a National Haiku Day? Nobody ever tells me anything.... Terra Cota pot Creeping Charley lives within Rusted Umber hues Cracked and broken clay Green leafed beauty falls from sides Harmony ensues Perched upon the ledge Sit pots in jumbled fashion Earthy clay conforms Rustic porch of moms Place of weathered yesterdays Pottery transforms

Haiku.....country style.............comments? Terra Cota pot Creeping Charley lives within Rusted Umber hues Cracked and broken clay Green leafed beauty falls from sides Harmony ensues Perched upon the ledge Sit pots in jumbled fashion Earthy clay conforms Rustic porch of moms Place of weathered yesterdays Pottery transforms

learn everything - guidance help? My ultimate goal is to possess the knowledge to and actually one day go into the wilderness naked and build up my own civilization. From absolutely nothing to building everything on my own from natural materials found in the wild including a modern computer, modern house, modern car, small airplane, farming equipment, etc. So, I am sure that there is an enormous amount of knowledge before me that I must not only learn but master it like breathing air. Going over this entire thing has proved very difficult for me to put down in words or time consuming. Therefore, I chose the ‘concept approach’. I wrote down everything that I could think of starting from the very basics concepts/foundational knowledge points need to survive all the way to the modern techonological products that we all depend on today. What I would like to inquire of you all here is to guide me. I hope that my list is correct but it may be missing things or totally wrong or exactly right. I’m not sure but I hope that those who know these things can guide me in the right direction. What I am doing now is researching every area that I have listed here. I am solely using the internet now but will utilize other means i.e. library, universities, etc. when I am stuck or hit the wall. Getting started on this as soon as possible is very important for me because I need to know what I can learn on my own and what I need to learn from others via apprenticeships, special programs, etc. This is important because I am thinking about using my GI Bill to start college in January but I am not sure what I should major in. Initially I thought that I should major in agriculture but after I made the list below I figured most of the things deal with agriculture can be learned alone rather than exclusively in a brick and mortar college institution. Just to give an example, the knowledge that I want to possess that pertains to electricians and doing everything that they do from scratch is something that seems like it must be learned via some kind of special program. The same thing goes for computers. Being able to build a modern computer from scratch and I do mean EVERYTHING is also something that seems like I must learn via some kind of special program. I haven’t even been able to find a single person who knows how to do it. But I know for a fact there are people who possess that very knowledge. I use to work with them when I was in the Navy as an intel analyst. What do I expect then? Well, I am hoping that people who know and understand what I am doing will guide me to books, sites, links, contact points, etc. AND/OR those experts in certain areas that I have listed will guide me in the right direction regarding the foundational knowledge for their expertise. I do hope I am explaining this in a way that makes sense. Well, anyway I don’t want to be too verbose so here it is. ------------------- BASICS Water - locate it ( 1. body of water i.e. river, lake, ocean 2. watery fruit/plants i.e. cactus 3. animals’ blood 4. well 5. ‘cloud harvesting’/‘fog catching’ 6. ‘air well’ ), purify it , ensure continuous supply Food: A. eating 1. meat - catching (trapping, tracking, snares/deadfalls, ) , killing , cleaning , eating ( raw, cooked, edible/unedible parts, drink blood, preparing meat ) , storing , preserving (curing, drying, salting, smoking, pickling ) * bugs - locating/identifying , catching , killing , cleaning , eating ( raw, cooked, edible/unedible parts ) , storing , preserving (drying , salting , pickling ) 2. fruits - locating/identifying , storing , preserving (drying) 3. vegetables/weeds/flowers/algae/legumes/nuts/grains - locating/identifying , obtaining , eating (raw, cooked, edible/unedible parts) , cleaning , preparing (cooking, etc. ?) , storing , preserving (drying, pickling ) 4. herbs/teas - locating/identifying , obtaining, preparing , preserving (drying, ? ) , consuming B. ensure continuous supply 1. animals - catching , containing , feeding/watering , mating , their health , training 2. fruits - growing , pest control , invasive species , health 3. vegetables - growing ( planting, watering, harvesting) , pest control , invasive species , health 4. herbs/teas - growing ( planting, watering, harvesting) , pest control , health bees - obtaining/catching , utilizing (getting honey, storing it, ) , containing/controlling , health Pottery/containers/tools (stone, mud, animal parts, ) - clay - obtaining , utilizing ( ‘handwork’, heating to turn into pots/bowls/cups etc. http://www.zetatalk.com/shelter/tshlt23h.htm seashells - obtaining , utilizing ( forming into pots/bowls/cups etc. ) Fire - making (normal/wet/cold/windy conditions), candles, Shelter - building ( can withstand any weather condition) , [debris hut, wicki-up, mud hut, cave dwelling, thatched shelter, pit dwelling , ] house , barn , gates for livestock Clothes - sources - c

confused about Kenya!? hello everyone! i'm in clay design, and have to do an essay on coil pots here is my question: why is pottery so important to the Kenyan culture? and where is it they get there insipration? thanks so much you guys~!!!~

What do I need to become a potter? Years ago my uncle used to take me the Richmond Pottery and I fell in love with it. I learned the basics of throwing, glazing, and got pretty good at making bowls, pots, cups, plates, etc.... Anyway, I want to start doing it at home, but I have no idea what I need. Of course I know I need a wheel and all the basic little tools which I remember using-- my question lies more along with what KIND of wheel is best, and most of all, the kiln? Do you HAVE to get a kiln or are there some types of clay that you can bake? I would probably do a lot of hand painting on my pottery. I've tried researching, but not to much avail. I'd love to find someone I could correspond with to help me get started. When I went to the pottery when I was younger, I was never schooled on things like types of clays and firing temperatures and stuff. I was only taught the basics of actually throwing the pottery. Thanks guys!!

Small Wood Fired Hobbie Kiln For Home? Hi everyone I knew to the whole clay thing, and no one in my area has a kiln. The kids are looking to do some pottery and whatnot and I much prefer the idea of actual clay and firing as opposed to using something like sculpey for fimo in the oven. I had a friend who used to do firings in his backyard in an old fire pit, his kids made small pots and bowls and he used wood and saw dust to fuel it. Ive seen the results and they came out very nice! Im looking to do something the same and I want to keep it small as the largest thing ill be firing is about the size of a kettle. Any plans ive seen are the size of a barn! Can anyone help me out here? And I want it to fire at the normal temp so it doesnt leave everything super fragile. Any help would be great :)