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In order to prepare the clay for the future dwelling, a big circle was made where the people put clay and sand, water was poured in the center, and straw on top. Straw was usually used from wheat, the thicker the stem, the better it was considered. Then the clay got kneaded.
Since then, people have been striving to reunite, from which children are born. [68] A West Ukrainian legend says that God cursed Eve to give birth in agony, and after death she carried the eggs of as many people as were born on the earth. God cut the eggs in half and threw them on the ground: boys were born from one half and girls from the ...
Nastia Calaca is a Ukrainian ceramic artist based in Paris who found her true passion in ceramics. For over 11 years, she has been making playful and unique ceramic sculptures that bring her ...
The Gondi people believe that Nantu (the moon) was made of mud that Kumpara spat onto his son. [28] The Garo people in India believe that a beetle gave clay to the creator god Tatara-Rabuga, who made humanity from it. [28] Andamanese Mythology women were fashioned from clay (while the men emerged from split bamboo). [29] [30]
Slip, a liquefied clay mixture, served both practical and decorative purposes. Slip was applied to the surface of pottery to make it more water-resistant, but it was also used to add decorative elements. The slip could be applied in various colors, with contrasting hues creating detailed designs on the surface. [43]
The Mogollon people produced a type of pottery in which common brown ware would be covered with slip produced by mixing finely ground red clay with water into a smooth, thin paste. The slip would be used to cover the entire pot, or the interior or exterior only before firing.
By 11,000 years ago with low sea level Marneslenk had become a river. The Boorne valley had become the Boorneslenk (tidal estuary). In the Holocene, sea level rose and the area became covered in sand, clay and peat. Around 3000 BC the area was a salt marsh. Around 600 BC Iron Age humans colonised the area.
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