Pottery

Virginia's Pottery Page

I want to know where to put all the pots which Virginia makes. Any ideas? If you want to know more about pottery, or beekeeping, or Action for Biology in Eduction please e-mail Virginia

A student building a pot by "coiling"

	These are raw pots. They have been thrown and turned (ie. tidied up) and are drying out in preparation for biscuit firing. At the raw stage they can be decorated in a variety of ways. It is possible to cut or scratch groovy patterns with a sharp tool made of metal, a hard wood e.g. boxwood, or some kind of plastic. Potters often make their own tools. They use their imagination.

Waiting for pots to dry.		This is what I do whilst Virginia is potting. I call this pottering. As you can imagine, it requires very much less effort.

These are finished pots. After biscuit firing , they have been glazed and fired. The second firing is at a higher temperature than the first firing. The temperature must be high enough to melt the glaze so that it fuses with the surface of the clay.

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