Ceramic Pottery

7th Grade Art & Design

With Mrs. Jacobson

What is Pottery?

Pottery is one of the oldest human technologies and art-forms, and remains a major industry today.

Pottery is made by forming a clay body into objects of a required shape and heating them to high temperatures in a kiln to induce reactions that lead to permanent changes, including increasing their strength and hardening and setting their shape.

Methods of Shaping Clay

Hand-building: This is the earliest and the most individualized and direct forming method of building with clay.

What Are the 3 Methods of hand building?

Methods of Shaping Clay

Hand-building: This is the earliest and the most individualized and direct forming method of building with clay.

Answer:

There are 3 methods of hand-building

Pinch Pot Coil Pot Slab

What is another way to build with clay?

Methods of Shaping Clay

Hand-building: This is the earliest and the most individualized and direct forming method of building with clay.

There are 3 methods of hand-building

Pinch Pot Coil Pot Slab

Answer:The Potters Wheel: During the process of throwing the wheel rotates rapidly while the solid ball of soft clay is pressed, squeezed, and pulled gently upwards and outwards into a hollow shape.

The History of Pottery

It is believed that the earliest pottery wares were hand-built and fired in bonfires.

When do you think Clay was discovered?

The History of Pottery

Answers: Earliest known ceramics

are the figurines that date to 29,000 to 25,000 BC

The first vessels or container type objects found in Japan date

10,000-8,000 BC.

Ancient Pottery From Around the World

Japanese 300 BC Greek 520 BC Roman 25 BC-10 AD

How long ago was 500 BC? Give me the number of years.

Ancient Pottery From Around the World

Japanese 300 BC Greek 520 BC Roman 25 BC-10 AD

Answer: 500 BC is 2509 years ago

Native American Pottery

In Native American Culture, who created pottery?

Native American Pottery

Native American pottery is made by hand by women. The women would spend hours on end mixing the clay, then wedging it to

remove the air pockets, Then they would then pound out a flat circle of clay to serve as a base and build the coils up to form the shape. It took time to blend the coils together.

Famous Native American Potters

Iris Nampeyo (1860–1942)

Nampeyo is considered the best potter of her time.

She helped revitalize the original form of Hopi pottery.

Nampeyo's ideas for designs and styles for her pottery were inspired from the many ancient ruins.

This form of pottery is "characterized by a clear yellow surface with elaborate decorations in brown and red"

Famous Native American Potters

Maria Martinez (1881 – 1980) She was a Native American artist who created

internationally known pottery. Pueblo Indian At an early age, she learned pottery skills from her aunt. This form of pottery is "characterized by rich black on

black color.