Post on 13-Jan-2016
7000 BCENeolithic Period
Bob, a Neolithic salary man
5000 BCE• People are no longer nomadic, giving them more
time and space to invent and construct
Bob’s great-and-then-some grandson
Loading the Kiln
Unloading the Kiln
Egyptian hieroglyphsDescribing the life of a potter, Around 2000 BCE
4000 BCE•Coil pots are more smooth and can be crafted into a wider variety of shapes than pinch pots
3000~2500 BCE•Wheel invented around 3000 BCE
•History’s greatest simple tool•Initial potter’s wheel essentially a small turn table used to make coil pots more quickly•Made a more fluid and continuous motion
Flat wheel on top of a rounded bottom that allowed it to turn
2000 BCE• Progress made with
wheel inventions• Use of axels to connect
wheels
Bob’s legacy continues
The Kick Wheel•Heavy stone below is kicked•The axel carries the rotation up to the smaller wheel•More demanding than electric wheel, also more quiet
•Clay is truly thrown for the first time, opens a whole new world to pottery
•Trial and error lead us to the methods we know today
Creativity and ingenuity never stops!