pottery making (Exclusive)

this video shows steps for pottery making process using pottery wheel by professional pottery worker
Manufacture process done in old egypt region in cairo,egypt

coptic pottery part(4)

Properties:
Civilization:coptic
Technical:pottery wheel
Style:Byzantine
Components:Pottery
TYPE:big billy
Dimension:
Diameter:22cm
height:63.5cm

pottery jar is painted with apicture of human face and animals, plants and fish with three handles in the middle
artist section the upper part to four scenes separated by columns surrounded by black, first scene describe two fish, it is gills to top and it is tails to bottom, it is common sight in individual graves in modern state, second scene describe human face and on each side of it,there is star and underneath two birds, the other scenes describe battle between some of the animals maybe one of the deer.

Properties:
Civilization:coptic
Technical:pottery wheel
Style:Fatimid
Components:Pottery  
TYPE:big billy
Dimension:
Diameter:22.5cm
height:66cm

 

Coptic pottery (part3)

Properties:
Civilization:coptic
Technical:pottery wheel
Style:Byzantine
Components:Pottery
TYPE:big billy
Dimension:
Diameter:18cm  
height:60cm

Big jar for keeping dry food with four handles,there is drawings in the body with colors for bird which wings outstretched and decorations in the upper part and the lower part is free, the decorations divided into groups seprated between them by red columns and have geometric zigzag lines like the old fresh-water mark.

Dimension:
Diameter:27cm
height:77cm
 

 
 

how to glaze pottery

in this article i will expalin how to glaze pottery
in first, you must know that glaze material make pottery more hardness and increase protection of pottery with time and make pottery more beautiful, you can glaze pottery with any color you like and you can use combination of colors mixed to result new color or new shape for glazing pottery and i will display pictures at the end of article.
we brush pottery with particular material called glaze material,after that we put pottery into oven for heating, after heating to required degree, get out pottery and brush again by glaze material with the addition of oxides, and the oxides is with the required colors, again pottery put into oven and heating to 1200 c to glaze material interact with pottery.
glaze use for alot of types of pottery as pot,bricks for external decoration of buildings, agriculture pot,pottery housewares, glaze vase and other.
agroup of pictures for glaze pottery from my gallery

                                                                         

pottery youtube video

i made this video from alot of beautiful pottery pictures carefully selected from my pottery antiques gallery and with nice romantic songs selected by my friend sara, sara can link between seen and hearing in the same time with good way and that is type of art,thanks sara for your co-operation.

how to make pottery

in this article i will explain in short (steps to made pottery pieces)
step1:
material that used to made pottery bring from remote areas as desert,areas of torrent and quarry,alot of types of materials used to made different types of pottery with varialble quailty depend on type of material that used to made pottery,mix proportions between materials,industry conditions and the quality of employment and the possibilities available.
there is two main types of clay used to made pottery,black clay and this is for made pieces that used for agriculture purposes with different sizes and another pottery models for decoration purposes.
the second type of caly used to made pottery, red clay and this for made pottery antiques with high material quality for decoration purposes and usually cover with glaze which it make pottery become more beautiful and protection with time and hardness.
step2:
after we bring required material to pottery factory, we put this material in large basin and leave it some time then purifing this material from water and perparing it to manufacturing.
step3:
made pottery pieces and formed it by pottery wheel,and pottery wheel work handmade by specializes worker
leave pottery pieces to dry under effect of sun rays then make finishing for it then burnt it in oven
finally some pottery pieces pictures during manufacturing.

                                                                    

Coptic pottery (part2)

 Properties:
Civilization:coptic
 Technical:casting in the mold
 Style:Byzantine
Components:Pottery
 TYPE:billy

Billy from the pottery in the shape of bottle swollen abdomen have neck finish with nozzle, around the neck is aprominent circle surrounded it and on the shoulders of the bot there are two handles for easy carrying through them,this pot may be made to be used in flights or long-distance or used with the nuns where the vast deserts
Dimension: 
length:16.8cm 
height:20.5cm

Properties:
Civilization:coptic
Technical:pottery wheel
Style:Fatimid
Components:Pottery 
TYPE:big billy

Pottery jar is sealed at the nozzle and carved with thirty line of coptic script
Dimension:
height:57.5cm 


                                                                 
                                                                       

Pottery(part1)

The pottery consider sensible guide to study monuments and pottery study help us to know peoples in the previous times and help us to know time periods and historical and we can know that by vessels that accompany the dead and give us after study tecnical level for that return time.

the pottery give us full view about ancient cultures in the current time because it is the only material that resist time.

the pottery is burnt caly and unglazed pottery while earthenware is glazed pottery, pottery made from clay then subject to heat then acquires strength and hardness.

three materials must available in the pottery and consider essential components to pottery (clay,silt and sand)
the period for begining the pottery is neolithic but in japan found one pottery piece return to middle stone age

Some nice pottery peices for you 

                                                                        

Coptic Museum pottery antiques (part1)

Properties:
Civilization:coptic
Technical:pottery wheel
Style:Mamluk
Components:Pottery
TYPE:billy


Billy from the pottery was used for save liquids and it is swelling from the middle, in the top part have four handles, surrounded with decoration tape in the middle and also in the top,founded birds decorations that indicates to divine providence and peace,founded in the bottom human decorations(8 persons seprated by two straight lines)
Dimension:
 diameter:56cm
 height:74.5cm

Properties:
Civilization:coptic
Technical:pottery wheel
Style:Byzantine
Components:Pottery
TYPE:big billy


Dimension:
diameter:44cm 
height:108cm