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2. Pottery on Polish territory  It is a handheld craft. Potters produce ceramic vessels, objects of daily use.  In the Polish territory pottery appeared about 5400 BC.  Dishes were modelled by hand from clay belts and rollers. After drying they were baked in the fire.  The Celts introduced the potter's wheel around 300 BC.

3.  Among the Slavic tribes potter's wheel appeared again in the seventh century.

4. Technology I. Preparation of Material - The material is clay. Clay should be uniform, without lumps and impurities. II. Workshop - Workshop is a bench and a potter's wheel. - On the bench there must be a clay pot with water, a container with a paint, brush and wire.

5. III. Formation A portion of the clay is kneaded with water and formed into a roll. A potter cuts off a piece of clay from a roller. Then, in water, moistened hands increase and round a lump of clay. After that they knead in the middle of the opening and form the bottom of the vessel. By operating with one hand inside and the other outside, a potter pulls the vessel wall in the shape of a cylinder. The next step is modelling: performance of the upper edge and the belly. In the end a potter cuts a finished dish with a wire.

6. IV. Burning - The vessel is left to dry slowly. After drying, a potter inserts it into a furnace and fire for several hours at the temperature of about 1000°C. There is also self-hardening clay which does not have to be burnt after drying.

7. Pottery’s products  Dishes like pots, bowls, jugs and jars, but also decorative dishes: statues, shrines, figurines or toys: rattles, birds, whistles.

8. Why is it worth to be a potter?  It is an artistic profession  It gives a lot of satisfaction  A potter has a lot of connections and friends