Pottery

BY: GROUP 5
 What is Pottery?
Pottery is the art and craft
of creating objects from
clay by shaping and firing
them at high temperatures
in a kiln. Pottery has been
practiced by humans for
thousands of years and has
played an important role in
h u m a n h i s t o r y, c u l t u r e , a n d
s o c i e t y.
Origin of Pottery

T h e d i s c o v e r y o f a 3 5 0 0 - y e a r- o l d
secondary burial jar from the
M a n u n g g u l C a v e o f Ta b o n C a v e s i n
Lipuun Point, Palawan proves that
pottery in the Philippines started as
early as the Neolithic period.
The Importance of Pottery
in Ancient Times

Filipino pottery had other uses as well. During

the Neolithic period of the Philippines, pottery
was made for water vessels, plates, cups, and for
many other uses. Ceramic vessels of Kalinga are
divided into three types: rice cooking (ittoyom),
vegetable/meat cooking (oppaya), and water
storage (immosso) pots.
 Exploring the Importance of Pottery

Th r o u g h o u t h i s t o r y, p o t t e r y
Pottery is not just a
T h r o u g h o u t h i s t o r y, Pottery is an important
has been used for practical functional craft, but also a archaeological find that
pottery has been a
purposes such as food storage me d i u m f o r a r t i s t i c c a n o ff e r a g l i m p s e i n t o
e x p r e s s io n . M a n y p o tt e r s significant component of
and preparation, liquid the history of human
containment, and household create objects that are both numerous societies'
cultures and traditions. societies.
item production. b e a u t if u l a n d u t i l it a r i a n .

A RT I S T I C E X P R E S S I O N H I S TO R I C A L VA L U E

FUNCTIONALITY C U LT U R A L S I G N I F I C A N C E
Exploring the diversity of pottery.

is pottery that has not been fired to vitrification, which is

the process of crystalline silicate compounds bonding into
E A RT H E N WA R E
noncrystalline glass compounds.

Porcelain is a heat-resistant material made with kaolin

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ed through firing in a kiln at high
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a t IuC r eSs b e t w e e n 2 , 2 0 0 a n d 2 , 6 0 0 d e g r e e s
Fahrenheit. It contains mullite, a silicate mineral that
contributes to its strength.
Exploring the diversity of pottery.

is a vitreous or semi-vitreous ceramic, meaning it is coated

in enamel to make it appear glassy and to make it
S TO N E WA R E
nonporous.
Discovering the Essential Tools
and Materials Required for
Pottery
Pottery wheels Kilns
the introduction of Pottery kilns fire the
pottery wheels was a ceramics to high
breakthrough in
temperatures to
pottery
manufacturing. solidify the clay
Wheels allow potters body in a bisque fire
to go beyond the and fuse the glaze to
restrictions of hand- the clay in a glaze
building and create firing. Kilns may be
pieces with radial
either gas or electric.
s y m m e t r y.
 Clays
Clay is one of the
widely available raw
materials for creating
ceramic objects.
D i ff e r e n t t y p e s o f
clay and
combinations of clay
w i t h d i ff e r e n t
variations of silica
and other minerals
result in various
types of ceramic
p o t t e r y.
Glazes
Glazes are applied to
clay when it is
l e a t h e r- h a r d o r
bisque fired. Glazes
strengthen the
surface of the clay
and make pottery
waterproof. They are
made of a
combination of silica
and minerals.
THANK
YOU
BY GROUP 5