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t-jar to hang against the wall or window frame. Now one can showthe superiority of one’s conceptions over the stupid things in shops!Let us hasten to get out the clay and begin.

, the hands rise, until the top is reached. If theshape is not quite true, the hands start in the same position at thebottom and again go up, pressing hardest when pressure is needed, andgoing lightly

ayin perfecting a piece of pottery—putting the final touch upon it: thetouch that shall make or mar—that the potter realises he must plan,before anything else, either to own a good kiln or to know of

asketry, smeared with pinon gum, pointed atthe bottom so that it could be set upright in the ground or hung byleather thongs to a tree, suggested the form of this jar. One side ismade flat, so that it

ottery as well as in other things, and freakishforms which please us to-day may be ridiculed to-morrow; but primitivewares have an enduring value. Pieces that were moulded for service,by potters whose

caltube having a transparent asbestos end. In the glare of the kiln,directly on a line with these peep-holes, one can see a row of clayrings, which were daubed with glaze before the fire was started.

first was such as could be found almost anywhere nearthe surface, and consequently was full of impurities. Later, however,clean clays were much sought after, and no pains were spared to grindand work

ure is not too cold, otherwise indoors. It is built up exactlyas was the flower jar in Chapter II., except that there is no cardboardoutline to test it; the eye alone is the guide. Great care should b

press the clay firmly against the walls of themould, as well as upon the coil below. When the inside of the mould iscovered, if a deeper bowl is desired, add one or two more coils abovethe edge, takin

ion: WHERE USE AND BEAUTY ARE COMBINED]For the next coil no cross-cutting with the tool is necessary, butotherwise the process is the same in joining this and subsequent coils.Care should be taken to