Animal coil pots

Ankhworks : The finished wiener dog....!

Started work with pinch pots last week. After getting the hang of it, began to make our pinch pot critters! Here's where I got with my shark...

A cute little ceramic coil pot painted with acrylics

Barbara the Ceramic Sheep, with a very woolly fleece. A ceramic garden ornament (14 cm high) a hand built pinch pot using a coiling technique. This cute ceramic lamb is very tactile too.

Turtle Coil bowl

It was not without some serious frustration (aka rebuilding of pots two, three, four times after they collapsed), but the finished coil pots...

Ceramics are probably the most common of all art forms to have emerged from human history and are one of the oldest inventions. The first evidence of human-made ceramics dates back to at least 24,000 years BC! While the technology and applications have steadily increased, the use of this form of art stayed pretty much the same. Just like before, we make use of ceramics as containers for water and food, art objects, tiles and bricks and so on.

This is a medium handmade pot thrown on the wheel decorated to look like a sheep. It is made with highfire stoneware clay and food safe glazes. this is a great gift for any animal lover. detentions around 4x4x4 inches

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Children can create an animal-inspired coil pot to treasure for years to come. Goals: To learn coil pottery techniques and create original, 3-Dimensional artwork To introduce Native American cultur…