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- Easier - Pottery are
objects that are first shaped of wet clay, then
hardened by baking. Pottery includes both decorative
and practical items such as bowls, vases, dishes, and
lamps.
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- Harder - Pottery is a
decorative or useful ware made of baked clay. Pottery
includes valuable works of art, inexpensive
dinnerware, vases, and other simple household items,
all made by professional potters. The word pottery
also refers to the factory that makes pottery. Pottery
ware is part of a larger product group called ceramics
that encompasses bricks, cement, sewer pipes, and
other industrial products. Four steps are needed to
make a pottery product: preparing the clay mixture,
shaping the clay, decorating and glazing the item, and
firing (baking). The firing temperature gives pottery
its finished appearance and its strength.
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- There are three major pottery types: (1)
earthenware, (2) stoneware, and (3) porcelain. Each
type is distinguished by its clay mixture and the
temperature at which it is baked or fired. Earthenware
is a pottery clay mixture that is fired at a lower
temperature. The low baking temperature allows the use
of colorful glazes, but also yields a pottery that
cracks and chips more easily than other types.
Stoneware pottery is made of a heavier clay mixture
that gives it greater strength. Stoneware is fired at
a much higher temperature to give a harder finish.
Porcelain is the purest and the most delicate type of
pottery. It is formed from koalin, a fine white clay,
that is mixed with controlled amounts of feldspar and
flint and then fired at a low temperature.
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- Clay
Station by A. Clift
- http://claystation.com/
- This comprehensive website provides information
for ceramics and pottery, like glaze formulas and
clay related techniques.
- Related Website:
- 2) Ceramics Web http://art.sdsu.edu/ceramicsweb/index.html
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- Pottery:
The Art
- http://members.tripod.com/kengeorgepottery/index.htm
- Learn about the art, history, and techniques of
making pottery.
- Related Websites:
- 2) History of Pottery http://www.artistictile.net/pages/Info/Info_pottery.html
- 3) Pottery Studio http://www.studiopottery.com/
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- Pottery
Tutorial: A Beginners Guide to the Art of
Ceramics by J. Hester
- http://www.jhpottery.com/tutorial/tutorial.html
- This website was designed for the beginner as a
step by step guide to making ceramics. Each guide
provides basic techniques and some tips.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Beginners Guide to Making Pottery from
Cramp Castle Pottery
- http://www.crampscastlepottery.com/pages/guide.html
- 3) Pottery by J. Neefe http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/whitehorse/ss/pottery.htm
- 4) Pottery & Ceramics http://www.bearclover.net/pottery/index.html
- 5) Pottery Making by J. Neefe http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/whitehorse/ss/potmake.htm
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- Studio
1 of Hands On Crafts developed by Public
Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County,
Mint Museum of Art, and Mint Museum of
Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
- http://www.handsoncrafts.org/index.htm
- Here you will find lots of pottery related
information and virtual activities. Throw a virtual
pot too!
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- More Pottery Websites
- African
Pottery Forming and Firing Techniques: A Virtual
Slide Show by C. Roy
- http://www.uiowa.edu/~intl/ACAD/rft/pottery.html
- Here you can learn about ancient forming and
firing techniques.
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- Greek
Pottery from History for Kids
- http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/art/pottery/greekpots.htm
- Most of what we know about Greek art comes from
the pictures they painted on fancy pottery.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Attic Black Figure and Red Figure
Manufacturing from the Ancient Greek World,
University of Pennsylvania Museum
- http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Trade_craft/Pottery_attic.html
- 3) Commercial Uses of Pottery
- http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Trade_craft/Pottery_commercial.html
- 4) Images of Pottery from Ancient Greek World
Collection
- http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Excerpts_Other/Pottery_list.html
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- Introduction
to Ozxacan Pottery
- http://www.manos-de-oaxaca.com/intro.htm
- There is a place in the far south of Mexico
where the potters of a thousand years still
work.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Talavera Poblana by M. Herz http://www.inside-mexico.com/art1.htm
- 3) Fine Mexican Ceramics from Talavera
Gallery http://www.mexicanceramic.com/talavera/talavera1.htm
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- Pottery
Making Illustrated
- http://www.potterymaking.org/
- This is the online presence of an how-to
magazine for potters.
- Other Online Magazines:
- 2) Ceramics Monthly http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org/
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- Short
History of Tin-Glazed Earthenware: Maiolica,
Majolica, Delftware and Faience
- http://www.nevelow.com/majolicahistory.html
- Maiolica (pronounced ma-ya-li-ca), a tin-glazed
earthenware, can trace its roots back to 9th
century Islam.
- Related Website:
- 2) Sarreguemines, The Capital of Faience
http://www.sarreguemines-museum.com/
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- Tiles On the
Web
- http://www.tiles.org/
- This site provides information about handmade
and historic tiles.
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- Tracing
the Art of Pueblo Pottery
- http://www.cmnh.org/research/cultural/pueblo-pottery/tracing.html
- Pottery has been a part of Pueblo culture for
as long as they have existed as sedentary
agriculturists.
- Related Websites:
- 2) History of American Indian Pottery by S.
Peterson
- http://www.sla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Peterson/Petersonessay2.html
- 3) History of Pottery http://www.dqinc.com/webdev12/ThePotterySite/history.htm
- 4) Mimbres: Black on White Pottery http://www.cumulus.org/mimbres/index.html
- 5) Pottery by American Indian Women by S.
Peterson
- http://www.sla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Peterson/index.html
- 6) Pottery Making Techniques
- http://www.beloit.edu/~museum/logan/southwest/introduction/techniques.htm
- 7) Pueblo Pottery from Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/pottery/index.html
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- Museums and Online Exhibits of
Pottery
- Asian
Traditions in Clay: The Hauge Gifts from
Smithsonian Institution
- http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/hauge.htm
- This exhibit contains ceramics from ancient
Iran, the Islamic Near East, and the Khmer Empire
in mainland Southeast Asia.
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- ClayNet
- http://home.vicnet.net.au/~claynet/home.htm
- This website exhibits contemporary
international ceramic art.
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- Gather
Around This Pot . . . at Canadian Museum
of Civilization Corporation
- http://www.civilization.ca/archeo/ceramiq/cerart1e.html
- The earliest ceramics in Canada were made in
the northern Yukon more than 3,500 years ago,
within sight of the Arctic Ocean.
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- Schein-Joseph
International Museum of Ceramic Art from
New York College of Ceramics, Alfred
University
- http://ceramicsmuseum.alfred.edu/
- The website of a teaching and research
facility, this museum houses nearly 8,000 ceramic
and glass objects, ranging from small pottery
shards recovered from ancient civilizations to
contemporary sculpture and installation pieces to
advanced ceramics reflecting the cutting edge of
ceramic technology.
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- Earth
Transformed: Ceramic Arts of Africa from
Virtual Research Center for African
Ceramics
- http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/african-ceramic-arts/
- The site features diverse resources for the
study of African ceramic arts, including archives
of collections, field photographs, related
articles, links, and more.
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- Greek
Painted Pottery from Beazley Archive,
Oxford University
- http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/BeazleyAdmin/Script2/Pottery.htm
- This collection contains drawings and paintings
of Athenian pottery made between about 625 and 300
BC.
- Related Website:
- 2) Vase Painting by A. Wilson http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/vasepainting.htm
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- Hollister
Collection of Southwestern Native American
Pottery by T. Pieri, University of
Massachussetts
- http://www.umass.edu/arthist/pots/main.html
- Here you find photographs and description of an
extensive native American pottery collection.
- Related Websites:
- 2) To Touch the Past: Painted Pottery of the
Mimbres People
- http://hudson.acad.umn.edu/Mimbres/Mimbres.html
- 3) Traditional Acoma Pottery http://www.migrations.com/traditionalacoma.html
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- Raku
Ware from Raku Museum, Kyoto,
Japan
- http://www.raku-yaki.or.jp/index-e.html
- Learn about the history and the making of Raku,
a low-fired glazed pottery.
- Related Website:
- 2) Raku http://www.msad54.k12.me.us/MSAD54Pages/SAHS/SAHS%20Webpage/CurrProject
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- Websites For Teachers
- Clay
Tile Lesson Plan (Grades K-2) by G.
Cullen
- http://homepage.mac.com/krohrer/iad/lessons/elem/elem32.html
- Using insects as a theme, students will use
materials, tools and processes to create a
decorative clay tile.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Ceramic Plate http://www.kamalii.k12.hi.us/Ceramic%20Plate.html
- 3) Clay Birdhouses (Grades 9-12) by R.A.
Shampine
- http://homepage.mac.com/krohrer/iad/lessons/high/ClayBirdHouseHS.html
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- Introduction
to Pottery and Pottery Decoration
- http://home2.owc.net/~thinktank/potterylesson.html
- The tactile manipulation of clay can be a
stimulating, absorbing experience in which one
gains the understanding of clay's basic properties
and connects in a personal way with one of the
oldest forms of art.
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- Lesson
Plans on Clay Sculpture by M. Webster
- http://www.utah.edu/umfa/arnesonplan.html
- Scroll down the page inspired by the work of
Robert Arneson, to find a lesson plan for creating
a three-dimensional relief sculpture of a
face.
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- Mimbres
Pottery
- http://www.dhc.net/~artgeek/mimbres.html
- This lesson leads the student of draw designs
using the Mimbres' line technique, the create a
clay bowl using the coil method, and discuss
symbolism and meaning of the Mimbres' people.
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- Navajo
Pottery: Beautiful Objects -- Dine' Bis: Hozho
Dok'lis by F. Clover and A. Jim
- http://artswork.asu.edu/AAERC/Learning_the_Arts/Pottery.html
- In this unit you will study the pottery making
of the Navajo, learning about processes used by
potters, about the philosophy underlying the making
of Navajo pottery, and about the purpose for which
various pots are made.
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- Pottery
Lesson Plan (Grades 6-12)
- http://home.moravian.edu/students/m/stccm01/ceramiclesson.htm
- Students will be introduced to techniques of
pottery, the different types of Greek vases, and
the mythological paintings on the Greek pottery
plus they will create their own Greek vase.
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- Timucuan
Pottery (Grades K-5) from the Cummer
Museum of Art and Garden
- http://www.cummer.org/pdf/teacherplan1.pdf
- This lesson teaches about the culture and time
period of the Timucua, and has students creating
pottery related to Timucuan designs.
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pottery
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slab
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mud
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kiln
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greenware
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clay
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'throw a pot'
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mask
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wedge
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shard
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temper
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water
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glaze
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fire
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ceremonial vessel
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sculpture
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bowl
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firing
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art
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earthenware
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slip casting
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finish
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ceramic
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craft
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texture
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coil
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style
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design
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burnish
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bisque
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keramos
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wood
fired pottery
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pinch pot
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kneading
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archeology
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rolling
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dehydration
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squeeze
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polychrome
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shape
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vitrification
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potter's wheel
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porcelain
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mold
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stoneware
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slip
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decorating
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ware
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Created by
Annette
Lamb and
Larry
Johnson,
4/02.
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