Chapter I. Technical Processes in the Making of Modern Pottery

and their Application to the Technique of Ancient Vases 1

Preparation of the Clay 1 Ingredients and Properties 1 Washing 2 Wedging 2 Fashioning the Vases 4 (1) Wheelwork 4 Types of Wheel 4 Throwing 7 Turning 10 Work in Sections 15 Polishing 19 Attachment of handles 20 (2) Building 26 (3) Moulding 27 Firing the Vases 29 Production of Temperature 29 Types of Kilns 32 Packing the Kiln 34 Firing 35 Number of Firings 37 Injuries in the Firing 44 Glazing 47 Red Ochre Wash 53 Were Athenian Vases Made for Every-Day Use? 59