POTTERY MAKING Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard, durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. The place where such wares are made by a potter is also called a pottery The definition of pottery used by the American Society for Testing and Materials is "all fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products. In archaeology, especially of ancient and prehistoric periods, "pottery" often means vessels only, and figures of the same material are called "terracottas." Clay, as a part of the materials used, is required by some definitions of pottery, but this is dubious. Pottery from Székely Land, Romania, on sale in Budapest. Pottery is one of the oldest human inventions, originating before the Neolithic period, with ceramic objects like the Gr...
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