how were greek archaic pots made?

Question

i want to know HOW they were made, not what they were made with

Answer 1

Coil Pots.

Just like you will do in most art classes today, you will use a former, or template. Place flat clay in a circle to form the base. Role out clay snakes. Spiral these around the sides, fixing with liquid clay, slip.

Once you have formed the pot in this way, smooth the inside and outside, so that all traces of coil are removed. The shape of the pot being achieved, either freehand, by working inside, or onto an existing shape, (Sacking used to ensure that it doesn't stick), you can also use a bit of wood cut into the shape of the pot, to ensure that your sides are even.

The ancient Greeks did not have glazes. They used slip. That is, different oxides were used to colour fine liquid clay, which could then be painted onto the pot body, before firing. You can also use a technique called Scaphigaro, or something like that, where you paint the pot with slip and then cut away the coloured slip to make a pattern.

Firing was low temperature, so the pots would still be pourous, but functional. Burnishing could also be employed, before firing.

I believe that these are the techniques used. However, you might also want to e-mail the British Museum on this one.

Luck

Answer 2

Greek Coil Pots

Answer 3

Greek vases were made of Terra-cotta. The vases were wheel made (some pieces were hand-shaped) and then painted. After that they were fired in 3 stages (can't recall all the stages at the moment). The shapes of these vases were the hydra, lekythos, krater, amphora, kylix, and oenochoe. (I hope those are spelled right).

Hope that helped.

Answer 4

They had a special ritual which they conducted praying to their gods before beginning the long and tedious process of creating thier highly respected pots.

Answer 5

With clay

Answer 6

Thank you, GreekQT, for saving moi the trouble .