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14. Let's Get

Creative

Pottery

Early humans had a nomadic lifestyle. People’s lives changed gradually.
The needs of early people began to grow. They wanted pots for cooking

purposes. They also wanted containers to
store food grains. So, they started making

pots by hand out of clay and dried them in

the sun. But these pots and vessels broke

easily and could not hold food or water.

Later the potter’s wheel was invented to

shape the pots. A well kneaded ball of clay
Potter’s wheel
was placed on it and the wheel was rotated
fast. The potters began to shape the pots

with the help of the fast-rotating wheel. The

pots were sun-dried and baked in a special

baking chamber called the kiln to make them

strong. They could use these pots for a long
time.
Baking pots in a kiln

The art of making pots in different sizes,

shapes and designs is called pottery. The

pots were also painted in different colours
and designs were drawn on them.

Pots in different designs
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