USES FOR GREEK POTTERY

• Greek pottery is a way to spread culture
• Transport food and water
• Understand life and way of Ancient Greek
• Tell stories from the past

TECHNIQUES FOR GREEK POTTERY

• Use wire to cut piece
• Create the form
• Finish making form to let sit for 5 days
• Then gets fired
• After firing a glaze can be put on the piece
• It is then fired again

HOW GREEK POTTERY WAS MADE

• Pottery is put into form to make modol
• Pottery than dries
• Clay heats at high temperatures
• Further details and designs are are on the piece
• The Piece is once fired again

PURPOSES OF GREEK POTTERY

• Greek pots tell us life about the Athens and Greek cities
• Different pots had different purposes
• Pots would be decorated with scenes from daily life
• Greek Pottery would make decoration

GREEK POTTERY SHAPES

• There are many different pot shapes, these include Olpe, sieve jugs, ball crater,and volute pots.
• These are not the only ones, all made differently with different purposes

GREEK POTTERY COLORS

• The Athens invented red figurines technics
• Many pottery pieces remain a orange-red color
• Some backgrounds are turned black from the firing of the pot
• Some colors remain while others change over time.

GREEK POTTERY DESIGNS

• Greek Pottery designs often hade to do with lifestyle and tradition
• Examples are bell krater and aryballos
• The designs could often tell stories from the past

POTTERY SCHEMES

• Pots come in many shapes and styles
• Some for household items others for culture
• The pots can have many different purposes such as eating, carrying things and decorations

AGES OF POTTERY

• Pottery is one of the oldest human inventions
• People first making pottery out of clay in East Asia in both China and Japan around fourteen thousand BC
• Pottery was around before farming

IMPORTANT DATES

• 900 BC The Geometric style of Greek pottery is first produced.
• 800 BC The first human and animal figures appear on Greek pottery.
• Greek pottery has been around Since 14000 BC to today

Pottery first stared in east Asia later coming to Greece about 4000 miles away. It later spread across the world.

INSPIRATIONS

• Greek pottery has a large influence on our understanding of Greek society
• As pottery spread throughout the world more were inspired to start making it.
• Today almost the world has or is still making pottery

STORIES

• In the Days of ancient Greece, huge amounts of pottery were produced to serve all the basic needs of daily life.
• From about 700 B.C. to 530 B.C., black-figure painting was the technique on Greek vases. .
• Many stories are also painted onto vases.

STYLES

• Pottery can be put into many different styles
• These styles can include bowls, pots, animals, or just about anything
• Styles may also match culture

MATERIALS

• Many materials are needed to make Greek pottery
• These include clay, kiln, spoon and fork, sponge, wire, needle tool, along with a board, paint, and paint brush.
• These tools and materials make up what needs to be used when making Greek pottery

Greek Vases
Greek Vases include Kylix, Pyxis, Hydria and many more. Different shapes can also be used for different purposes.