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Primitive pottery
Primative ways to make pottery is being taught to 12
UNI students in a two week class.
All the pots made in the class have been made by hand
without the help of a throw wheel or modem electric kilns.
The kilns used for the class are made of brick, clay, and
pieces of metal, and are fueled with stray, hay, and cow
chips.
Angelo Garzio, the instructor, said this type of pottery in
a form of art. '
The pots are made by packing clay around forms and
then smoothing the surfaces with a smooth rock. Ropes
and sticks can be used to give the surface a design or
texture. . .
Many of the methods have come from northern Nigeria,
he said.
Garzio insists although they use primative methods for
making pots, these pots are just as durabel as those made
with modern devices.
According to some of the students, the class teaches
' patience. It is disheartening when a pot thai has taken' half
a day to make explodes in a kiln.
Many students are school teachers learning techniques'"
thay can take back to their students.
The techniques learned here wfll be helpful in the
classroom because their -classrooms also lack modern
conveniences, some said.
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Story and photos
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Gordon Johnson
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