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  2. Pottery - Wikipedia

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    Clay tempered with sand, grit, crushed shell or crushed pottery were often used to make bonfire-fired ceramics because they provided an open-body texture that allowed water and volatile components of the clay to escape freely. The coarser particles in the clay also acted to restrain shrinkage during drying, and hence reduce the risk of cracking.

  3. Pinch pot - Wikipedia

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    Pinch pots are the simplest and fastest way of making pottery, [1] simply by pinching the clay into shape by using thumb and fingers. Simple clay vessels such as bowls and cups of various sizes can be formed and shaped by hand using a methodical pinching process in which the clay walls are thinned by pinching them with thumb and forefinger. It ...

  4. Ceramic forming techniques - Wikipedia

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    There are many forming techniques to make ceramics, but one example is slip casting. This is where slip or, liquid clay, is poured into a plaster mould. The water in the slip is drawn out into the walls of the plaster mould, leaving an inside layer of solid clay, which hardens quickly. When dry, the solid clay can then also be removed.

  5. List of cooking vessels - Wikipedia

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    Beanpots are typically made of ceramic, though pots made of other materials, like cast iron, can also be found. Billycan – a lightweight cooking pot in the form of a metal bucket [4] [5] [6] commonly used for boiling water, making tea or cooking over a campfire [7] or to carry water. [6]

  6. Ceramics of Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Pinch pots and other small clay objects could be formed directly by hand. Hohokam potters and their descendants in the American Southwest employed the paddle-and-anvil technique, in which the interior clay wall of a pot was supported by an anvil, while the exterior was beaten with a paddle, smoothing the surface. [4]

  7. Coiling (pottery) - Wikipedia

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    Making a pot with the coiling technique. Coiling is a method of creating pottery. It has been used to shape clay into vessels for many thousands of years. It is found across the cultures of the world, including Africa, Greece, China, and Native American cultures of New Mexico. Using the coiling technique, it is possible to build thicker or ...

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  9. Glossary of pottery terms - Wikipedia

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    A procedure for preparing clay or a clay body by hand: the lump of clay is repeatedly thrown down on a work bench; between each operation the lump is turned and sometimes cut through and rejoined in a different orientation. The object is to disperse the water more uniformly, to remove lamination and to remove air. Whiteware