TECHNOLOGY

PART 1: How pots are made

Index:
A.		Introduction
B.		Documentary evidence
C.		Archaeological evidence
D.		How a pot is made:
		D.1.	The body material
			a.	What is a clay?
			b.	How do you prepare a clay for manufacture?
			c.	Functionality and formation
		D.2.	Vessel Formation:
			a.	Hand-forming
			b.	Moulding
			c.	Throwing
			d.	Combinations
				Direct to video clips of Alan Caiger-Smith
		D.3.	Decoration:
			a.	Stamped, impressed and incised decoration
			b.	Appliqué, modelled and moulded decoration
			c.	Slips
			d.	Painting in/under/over-glaze
		D.4.	Drying
		D.5.	Glazing
			a.	Simple glazes
			b.	Preparation of glaze-frits
			c.	Opacifiers
		D.6.	Firing Processes
			a.	Types of firing:
				i.	open firings
				ii.	kiln firings
			b.	Loading the kiln
			c.	What happens to the clay during firing?
			d.	Fuel and firing duration
		D.7.	Overglaze decoration requiring a second firing
				Direct to video clips of Alan Caiger-Smith
			a.	Lustre decoration
			b.	Minai
		D.8.	Post-firing treatment
		D.9.	The After-life of a pot, featuring:
LECTURE 1:			"Prologues and Epilogues in Islamic Ceramics: Clays, Repairs and Secondary Use", by Marcus Milwright
		D.10.	Dangers and hardships to the craftsmen from pottery manufacture
E.		Further Reading
F.		Study Guides
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