Making a clay pot involves the following 11 stages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage one- Digging up soil dirt to extract what is called bot\u00eb, which is a specially hardened grey and a red mound of clay<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage two \u2013 Drying of \u201crocks\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage three \u2013 Smashing \u201crocks\u201d up into dust (clay powder)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage four- Screening the clay using a screened box or pouring it through a strainer to filter out larger chunks and debris<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage five- Processing the clay. Stirring the mixture and knead it using hot water until it turns into a slurry<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage six- Making of the clay pot on the wheel. During this stage, the clay pot is molded and fully shaped, by hand, a process that takes 2 to 3 hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage seven \u2013 Natural drying of the pot which lasts one week<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage eight- Once hardened, the pot is placed near the kiln under a not too high temperature, until it is completely dried. This process takes about one day<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage nine- Baking the pot in the kiln. At this stage, the pot is placed inside a high-temperature kiln and left there until it is completely heated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage ten- Once the pot is completely heated, it is thereupon pulled out of the kiln and all smeared with tallow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage eleven – Cooling and water cleaning of the pot (Rinsing)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Making a clay pot involves the following 11 stages: Stage one- Digging up soil dirt to extract what is called bot\u00eb, which is a specially hardened grey and a red mound of clay Stage two \u2013 Drying of \u201crocks\u201d Stage three \u2013 Smashing \u201crocks\u201d up into dust (clay powder) Stage four- Screening the clay using […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[852,854],"tags":[870],"class_list":["post-3382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fushe-arrez-municipality","category-puke-municipality","tag-traditional-craftsmanship"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n