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Coil

Pots
7th Grade
What do you know about
coil pots?

Where have you seen them?

What are coil pots used for?


*Glue in Sketchbooks
Jomon Era in Japan about 10500 BCE - 300 BCE

Period
Settled hunter gatherer lifestyle

Japan’s earliest culture and one of the first


to make fired pottery- open fire

Jomon means Cord Marking: defined by


their ceramics made during that time,
resemble ropes usually with angled edges
and curved lines or zigzag lines, even
textures

It is believed they were Ainu, a people who


practiced a religion centered around
blood-sacrifice and bear rituals.
How Do We Make Our Coils? And Shapes?
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Sketch Your
Idea
3 Requirements:

1 Base

1 Rows of
continuous coils

Sides Go Evenly
Up
Coil
Pots
Day 2
How do we make the coils?
Demo
Practice Making
Shapes and Coils for
Today
Coil
Pots
Day 3
Starting ➢ Oval or Circle
➢ Templates available
➢ Start with 2
continuous coil
before design begins
➢ Slip and Score each
attachment
Coil
Pots
Day 10
Glazing
● Choose a color to
paint over your pot!
● Cover all the
crevasse
● 3 layers as they dry

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