pottery

what is the first thing you do before beginning to make a piece of pottery?

• knock all the air out of the clay
• bake the clay
• fire the clay
• carve the clay

Cherokee pottery vessels were used for

• baking cakes and cookies
• cooking, storage, ceremonies
• home decoration
• fish bowls

the clay used to make pottery came from

• the mountains
• bottom of the lake
• a cave
• river banks

some tools used to create a pottery vessel are:

• knives and chisels
• water, carving tools, river stone
• cookie cutters, spoons
• needle, thread

to create a small piece of pottery you would:

• make a ball, stick your thumb in center and use fingers to shape wall
• make a round bottom, add coils
• use a knife or scraper cut out center and shape
• run the clay through a mold

some different types of pottery vessels used by the Cherokees are:

• storage pots, cooking pots, effigy pots, pipes
• tea pots, coffee cups
• food gatherers, 
• plates and saucers

this tool was used to

• shape the pot
• knock the air from the clay
• stamp designs into the pot
• flatten the clay

this is an example of a _________ pot because it has a rounded bottom to sit in the hot coals and texture to conduct heat and help with grip.

• fire
• fish
• water
• cooking

to score the edges on your pottery means to 

• wet them down
• rough them up
• smooth them out
• cut them off

When firing the pottery in a traditional firepit, what makes the different colors on the pottery?

• smoke from the wood
• the clay
• oxygen
• the way you shine your pot