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Building and smoothing the vessel

Creative Arts and Sports · Grade 9 · about 40 minutes

Build up the coil vessel to shape and smooth the inside.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. The coil technique in pottery
  2. Sourcing and preparing clay
  3. Making and joining coils
  4. Building and smoothing the vessel
  5. Decorating and drying
  6. Firing in an open pit kiln
  7. Making a frame loom
  8. Warping the loom
  9. Weaving a 2/1 twill
  10. Finishing, displaying and critiquing crafts