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KALYESUBULA ARTHUR

PRESENTATION FLOW.

• History Of Pots
• Uses Of Pots And specific Shapes
• Methods Of Forming Pots
• Methods Of Decorating Pots According To Functions
• Materials And Tools Used To Form Pots
 Uganda is a country with rich cultural heritage as recognized by
The Uganda Nations Educations, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO).
Among the cultural tools entrenched to peoples way of life were pots
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POTS. These are rounded/ cylindrical and deep ceramics art pieces
HISTORY OF usually made from metal or clay that are used for cooking.

POTS IN Pottery making began in 7th millennium BC. The earliest form which
were found at the Hassuna site, were hand formed from slabs,
UGANDA undecorated, unglazed low fired pots made from reddish brown
clays.
Source: Wikipedia

Different cultures have their own historical background regarding

the evolvement of pots such among the Baganda.........

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• These pots are commonly known as “ENSUWA”
among the Baganda.
• These products known as pots came about when
Kabaka Kimera assigned his friend, Banda, to
become his potter 400 years ago. As a result a
special name was given to the Buganda royal pot
molders known as the “Abajoona”. Since then
Buganda’s succeeding Kings have greatly BACKGROUND
recognized Banda’s descendants as the legitimate REVIEW OF POTS
royal molders of ceremonial and domestic pots.
Kabaka Kimera recognized Bandaa by offering him IN BUGANDA
land in Kajjansi as a point of appreciation for having
made for him a bathing pot known as “Kyogero” in
which he had been bathed as a baby. After he was
inaugurated as Buganda King, Kabaka Kimera
requested Banda to become his royal molder.

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 The uses of pots has been changing as the generations
change and the shape is designed to suite a particular
purpose
Traditionally pots were used for
USES OF POTS AND cooking different types of food and sauce
THEIR SHAPES

Cooking pots have a wide opening compared to other pots

to allow a bigger entrance and removal of solid food into the pot

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The pots were also used to fetch
water from the water sources

•These pots have a stable bottom to provide stability to the

pot when carried on the head. They have a smaller opening to
let water in and out.

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 Pots were used
to store harvests
most especially
grains and seeds

•They are huge enough to

hold a big amount of
harvests, they have a hole
to let warmth out to
prevent grains and seeds
from developing moulds

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Pots were also used to serve food most especially soup and up to
now they are still used

These were small in size with averagely wide opening to

allow a hand to enter 7

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Pots currently are widely
used for decorative
purposes as flower vases
and wall hangings to
beatify homes and other
important places

•These are formed in

many appealing shapes
and different interesting
designs to catch the
viewer's attention.

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 Methods Of Forming Pots
There are several methods of forming pots of which are categorized
into;

• Hand building methods; These were mostly used by ancient potters

• Throwing
• Casting

Throwing and casting were introduced later due to

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evolution in technology
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 HAND BUILDING METHODS
• COIL METHOD; This is where a potter forms
a base walls by combining clay which are
rolled up from clay and later joined together
to come up with a required shape

• PINCH METHOD; This is where a thumb is

inserted in a lob of clay and modeled to a
required shape

• SLAB METHOD; This is where clay is rolled

into slabs which are later joined together
using slip to get a required shape 10

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 THROWING

This is where a potter uses a

potter’s wheel to shape the
articles

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 CASTING
This is where slip[ is is
poured into a mold and
left to harden into the
shape of that mould

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 METHODS OF DECORATING POTS
BURNISHING SLIP
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This is where the surface of a
pot is polished with a hard
smooth tool such as a spoon or
pebble to give it a shiny
surface .
A burnished pot can be used to
store water and other liquids
since it is not porous
TRAILING
 This is where slips of
different colors are applied
on the surface of a wet or
leather hard pot.
 Slip is a semi-liquid
substance got by mixing
unfired clay and water
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 GLAZING STAMPING
 This is the application if a • This is where a design is
glassy coating on the pressed onto the surface
surface of clay to make it of clay to create
impermeable to liquids impressions

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 EMBOSSIN
G INCISING
 This is where the surface  Here a sharp tool is
is decorated in low relief. used to cut designs into
The designs barely a clay surface
extend out of the surface

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 INLAYING
 The clay with a different
color is forced into clay of
another color to create
designs
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PAINTING
 This is where a brush
is used to apply paint in
the surface of a pot
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 MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED TO FORM POTS
The main material used in making pots was clay and water and
the tools used were stones , sticks and other natural things

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Due to change in generations, several
materials and tools were introduced
• Plaster of Paris MATERIALS
• Cement
• Engobe
• Glaze
• Paint
• Varnish
• Silica
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 TOOLS
• Potters Wheel  Rolling Pin
• Scoopers  Wire Cutters
• Potters Needle  Wood Modeling
• Sand Paper
Tools
 Scrappers
• Brushes
• Knives
• Buckets
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 IMAGES OF
SOME TOOLS
USED IN
MAKING POTS

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