Micropottery: The Wheel

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2009 Summer Program

The potters wheel is one of civilization's first machines. It let fingers sculpt and finish clay vessels precisely and efficiently. It produced containers to collect, store and prepare food and water. Construct and learn to build a micro potters wheel powered by batteries. Small pots speed drying time and allow a whole course of ceramics in a week. Make tools and a carrier. Decorate and fire your work.

Joy-of-Micropottery

Joy-of-Micropottery

Micropot-toolbox

Micropot-toolbox

hands-on-micropottery

hands-on-micropottery

Sam-and-Olivia-firing

Sam-and-Olivia-firing

Olivia-and-Etana

Olivia-and-Etana


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