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Ceramic Pottery

Ceramic Pottery. 7 th 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.

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Ceramic Pottery

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  1. Ceramic Pottery 7th Grade Art & Design With Mrs. Jacobson

  2. 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.

  3. 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?

  4. 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?

  5. 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.

  6. 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?

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Ancient Pottery From Around the World Japanese 300 BC Greek 520 BC Roman 25 BC-10 AD Answer: 500 BC is 2509 years ago

  10. Native American Pottery In Native American Culture, who created pottery?

  11. 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.

  12. 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"

  13. 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.

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