Make Pottery

how to make pottery

Pottery or better known by the name grabah. Pottery has been used since before the existence of silver, bronze and is the equipment for household needs, the current modern era pottery was still in good use for the needs and requirements of daily or even just as a decoration in the house. And the author was just a few easy steps. Making pottery using clay base material and then mixed with sand and ground / on the running board until soft. Furthermore, in the form by using perboat a run by using the feet, while the hand shape according to the type that will be made (mortar, pot, pitcher, bowl, kluwengan, etc.). Once formed according to its kind, the pottery in place on a wooden board to dry. The time needed for drying for 2-3 days, after the pottery is baked dry for 3-5 hours during the day is done. Especially for a mortar before being burned first disaput with red cement and in the sun again.

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Materials for the manufacture of pottery:
1. clay
2. sand
3. water

Tool - a tool
1. perboat (rotary tool)
2. Yarn (cutting the ground)
3. Wood (the pottery)
The manufacturing process
Clay and sand is mixed with the ground / on the running board until soft, keep in shape by doing that on the run by using the legs while his hands formed in accordance with the desire, in what form (Cobek, pot, pitcher, bowl, kluwengan , ETC) continues after the pottery is formed on a wooden board to put in the drying process for 2-3 days after the mortar dry for at saput with red cement hold on longer drying finishing of this process is burning for 3-5 hours during the day is done.