Once there was a sparrow called Phudgudi and a crow called Bhanate. They were fast friends. One day Bhanate said – O Phudgudi! If you lay eggs first then I will eat them and if I lay eggs first then you can eat them. Agreed!
Phudgudi agreed.
The river said – But how will you fill water ? Get a
pot. Bhanate went to the potter and said – O potter ! please give me a pot. The potter said – But how do
make a pot ? Go and get some clay from the clay-pitBhanate went to the clay-pit
and said to it –Oclay-pit! please give me some clay.
The clay-pit said – But how do I dig the soil? Get
me a trowel from the blacksmith. Bhanate went to the blacksmith and said to him
– O blacksmith! The blacksmith said – Yes, brother Bhanate. What do
you want? Bhanate said – Please give me a trowel.
The blacksmith said – Sure, you
can take the trowel but do remember to return it. Bhanate took the trowel and went
to the clay-pit. It dug the soil and got some clay. The potter made a pot for
him.
let us how a potter make apot.
Many, many years ago, there was a time when people
had no pots. They started feeling the need to store and cook food. After a lot
of effort and thinking, people learnt to make pots.
In the
beginning, pots were made of stone and clay. People made pots of stones by
digging and scraping stones with their hands. They made pots of clay by
kneading the clay and shaping them with their hands. People also discovered
that clay pots could be made stronger by baking them in fire.
In history
first potter's wheel was first developed
in Mesopotamia. A potter's wheel is a machine used in the
shaping of round ceramic ware. The wheel may also be used during the process of
trimming the excess body from dried ware and for applying incised decoration or
rings of color.
Preparations
of pots
There are many techniques in use for throwing,
ceramic, containers, although this is a typical procedure: First Knead the clay. Start with about 1/2
pound of clay with 30% of moisture. Slowly warm it and work out the air bubbles
by kneading it with your hands.
This will
even out the clay’s consistency, eliminating lumps of soft spots, and make it
more pliable and easier to work with. Take care to avoid folding, poking, or
other actions that could add air pockets and bubbles to the clay.
The thrower finds the centre of the clay by moving a
thumb across the lump until no more friction is felt. The thumb is pressed into
the centre of the lump, stopping about 5 mm from the wheel head.
The hole thus made is widened. The sides thus
defined are pulled up and made thinner by pressure between the hands. The
vessel is shaped, and the mouth is smoothed.
The vessel is cut from the wheel head with a cheese
wire and left to stiffen. Sometimes the stiffened vessel is inverted on the
wheel and trimmed with a sharp tool.
Now I let the pot dry in front of the warm fire
place so that the next layers will not be too heavy a burden to carry for the
bottom. At this stage, I could stop and let the pot dry completely and fire it.
It will make a nice wee bowl. This is then the first
method of making a pot completed. A skilled potter can quickly throw a vessel
from 15 kg of clay.
Alternatively,
by throwing and adding coils of clay then throwing again, pots up to four feet
high may be made, the heat of a blowlamp being used to firm each
thrown section before adding the next coil.
In Chinese
manufacture, very large pots are made by two throwers working simultaneously. Bhanate
filled water in the pot and washed its beak. He then ran to eat Phudgudi’s egg.
By that time, the sparrow’s egg hatched. A little
bird came out of it and flew away. Far away from Bhanate.
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