Pottery

Pottery Without A Wheel > .

A bunker is opened which contains large mass of clay. Pottery teacher grabs a large piece of clay and drops it on to a board. He then cuts it in half with a wire cutter. He prepares the clay by kneading it on a board. He slices the clay to show that there are no air holes. He rolls a small piece of clay into a ball and makes a thumb pot. C/U of mans hands as he makes a small pot. Child rolls clay into a coil and winds it round onto a circular base. He then uses his thumb to smooth the clay to join it to the base. Various stages of coil pots are shown. C/U of hands joining the coils to the pots. Coils are also used to make models. We see a duck (?) being made. C/U of craftsman's hands as he moulds the head of the duck. Making tiles. A mould is placed on the table and clay is pressed into the mould. A metal tool is used to scrape away excess clay. A wet sponge us used to soften the clay. Once all the excess clay is trimmed away, the tile is decorated with slip. The tile is dipped into a bowl of slip. A darker coloured slip is painted on to the tile. Another tile is decorated by cutting away the shape of a cockerel with a sharp tool. The objects we have seen being made are displayed with some other pottery objects.