1. Coil Vase – About Me
Greek Art

2. Greek Connection
Greek legends and mythology tell us clay held an important place in early Greek life.

3. A Little History
The first major development was the Black figure style.
Between the beginning of the fourth and the end of the sixth centuries B.C. black- and red-figure techniques were used in Athens to decorate fine pottery while simpler, undecorated wares fulfilled everyday household purposes.
Vase Design began to lose its connections to the textile style of filling the entire plane with bands of animals and other decorations that were prevalent in Geometric pottery. The first major development was the Black figure style. "Between the beginning of the sixth and the end of the fourth centuries B.C., black- and red-figure techniques were used in Athens to decorate fine pottery while simpler, undecorated wares fulfilled everyday household purposes. With both techniques, the potter first shaped the vessel on a wheel. Most sizeable pots were made in sections; sometimes the neck and body were thrown separately, and the foot was often attached later. Once these sections had dried to a leather hardness, the potter assembled them and louted the joints with a slip (clay in a more liquid form). Lastly, he added the handles. In black-figure vase painting, figural and ornamental motifs were applied with a slip that turned black during firing, while the background was left the color of the clay.
In black-figure vase painting, figural and ornamental motifs were applied with a slip that turned black during firing, while the background was left the color of the clay.

4. Vases used for storing and transporting
- Used for storage and transport vessels for olives, cereal, oil, and wine for funerals and as grave markers. Wide-mouthed, painted amphorae - decanters and were given as prizes.

5. Krater
- used for diluting wine with water.

6. psykter used for cooling wine.
Filled with wine, it could be placed inside a larger vessel, such as a krater, which had been filled with snow; or the psykter itself might be filled with snow and placed inside a larger vessel containing the wine.

7. Hydria
Used for dipping and pouring.

8. Geometric designs
Addition to the stories told on Greek pots

9. Project Choose a Greek Pot to use as your template
Create your template (5’’ tall – 7’’ tall)
Used the slab and coil construction process to create pot (5- 7” tall vase)
Successfully Apply your gloss glaze

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11. Works Cited
/seco.glendale.edu/ceramics/ceramicprocess.html