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2. Potter's wheel - Wikipedia

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   Classic potter's kick-wheel in Erfurt, Germany An electric potter's wheel, with bat (green disk) and throwing bucket. Not shown is a foot pedal used to control the speed of the wheel, similar to a sewing machine. In pottery, a potter's wheel is a machine used in the shaping (known as throwing) of clay into round ceramic ware.

3. Minoan pottery - Wikipedia

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   In Linear B the word for potter is "ke-ra-me-u". [5] Technically, slips were widely used, with a variety of effects well understood. The potter's wheel appears to have been available from the MM IB, but other "handmade" methods of forming the body remained in use, and were needed for objects with sculptural shapes. [6]

4. Ancient Egyptian pottery - Wikipedia

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   An important advance was the invention of the potter's wheel, which rotated on a central axis. This enabled the potter to rotate the wheel and the vessel with one hand, while shaping the vessel with the other hand. [21] According to Dorothea Arnold, the slow potter's wheel was invented some time during the Fourth Dynasty. [22]

5. Mexican ceramics - Wikipedia

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   Sometimes liquid clay is poured into plaster molds. Potters wheels are most commonly used in some workshops, and often to rapidly make a succession of small vessels. Their use is more common in Guanajuato and Jalisco than other parts of the country. In many places, the wheel is powered by foot, using a kickwheel, rather than by electricity.

6. Artisanal Talavera of Puebla and Tlaxcala - Wikipedia

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   Next the piece is shaped by hand on a potter's wheel, then left to dry for a number of days. [9] Then comes the first firing, done at 850 °C (1,560 °F). [4] The piece is tested to see if there are any cracks in it. The initial glazing, which creates the milky-white background, is applied. After this, the design is hand painted. [9]

7. Glossary of pottery terms - Wikipedia

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   Potter A person who makes ceramic articles. Potter's clay The clay used by the potter (Potter's) Wheel Pottery All fired ceramic wares or materials which, when shaped, contain a significant amount of clay. Exceptions are those used for technical, structural or refractory applications.