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7000 BCE

7000 BCE. Neolithic Period. Bob, a Neolithic salary man. 5000 BCE. People are no longer nomadic, giving them more time and space to invent and construct. Bob’s great-and-then-some grandson. Egyptian hieroglyphs Describing the life of a potter, Around 2000 BCE. Loading the Kiln.

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7000 BCE

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  1. 7000 BCE Neolithic Period Bob, a Neolithic salary man

  2. 5000 BCE • People are no longer nomadic, giving them more time and space to invent and construct

  3. Bob’s great-and-then-some grandson

  4. Egyptian hieroglyphs Describing the life of a potter, Around 2000 BCE Loading the Kiln Unloading the Kiln

  5. 4000 BCE • Coil pots are more smooth and can be crafted into a wider variety of shapes than pinch pots

  6. 3000~2500 BCE • Wheel invented around 3000 BCE • History’s greatest simple tool • Initial potter’s wheel essentially a small turn table used to make coil pots more quickly • Made a more fluid and continuous motion

  7. Flat wheel on top of a rounded bottom that allowed it to turn

  8. 2000 BCE • Progress made with wheel inventions • Use of axels to connect wheels Bob’s legacy continues

  9. The Kick Wheel • Heavy stone below is kicked • The axel carries the rotation up to the smaller wheel • More demanding than electric wheel, also more quiet • Clay is truly thrown for the first time, opens a whole new world to pottery • Trial and error lead us to the methods we know today

  10. Robert Compton www.robertcomptonpottery.com

  11. Creativity and ingenuity never stops!

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