How do you make a cup to put your water in?

Humans have been making clay pots for thousands of years. In fact some of the earliest fragments have been found in Turkey and they are about 8 500 years old.

You are going to use the ancient methods of creating a pot.

PINCH POTS

Take a look at the instructions from Owen Sound artist's co-op.

A pinchpot, how to video, on this site.

Some rather beautiful examples.

COIL POTS

A set of instructions for coil pots.

A coil pot, how to video, here.

A slightly different idea for making coil pots.

Coil Pots

Here's some we made earlier.