Pueblo Pottery
How to make a pottery? What materials, tools do i need?
I am writing a play for my english calss and it's about a boy go back in time to the ancient Pueblo Town.
One part that i am planning to write is about a Pueblo girl teachs the boy how to make a pottery.
But i have never made any potteries before, i have never seen anyone make them either.
And the play takes place in the past, thousands years ago. So please make sure that I don't have to use any electronic device.
Thank you.
i think you're right, mike.
But i am just a sophomore in high school, and i don't think my english teacher care about the social roles of male and female. The grade is based on creativity.
i think you're right, mike.
But i am just a sophomore in high school, and i don't think my english teacher cares about the social roles of male and female. The grade is based on creativity.
Pottery at this time and place was made by the coil method - that is: after the clay was dug out of the ground and tempered (wetted down and worked and let stand to make it uniform), pieces of clay were rolled between the hands into thin snake like pieces. These pieces were placed on top of each other making coils and the coils were smoothed together inside and out to make the shape and the surface. After drying, the clay was polished with a stone and when many were made they were fired in a wood burning kiln.
However, I think you might check - it seems unlikely to me that male-female teaching would be going on in such a society. Unless you have counter evidence, the women would teach the girls and the females would be making pottery while the boys would be learning hunting from their fathers.
images of making
http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/2007lessonplans/pueblo_bowl.pdf