How Do You Make Anasazi Pottery?
• Take a large lump of air drying or firing clay. • Mold part of the clay into a ball about an inch and a half in diameter. • Flatten the ball into a cicle about a fourth of an inch thick (the base of the pot). • Roughen the top edge. • Use a brush dipped in water to moisten the top. • Roll a seperate piece of clay between your hands or on the top of the table to form a long, narrow “snake.” • Wind the snake along the top edge of the pot’s base. • Make more snakes from clay and repeat this several times, winding the snakes on top of each other until the pots are about three inches high. • Smooth together the areas where the snakes touch each other, including where the first snake touches the pot’s base. Do this by holding one hand against the inside of the pot to support the wall, while shaping the outside of the pot with your finger at the same spot. When smoothing the sides of the pot, try to keep the walls of the pot the same thickness. • Rub the surface smooth with a smooth rock, a
