She cuts a hole in the top to form the opening, or the mouth, of the vessel (Figure 9). The potter forms a thin coil of clay that she will attach to the pot to form the rim (Figure 10). After ...

In the Americas, ceramic production can be dated to 2500 BCE. The earliest ceramic pots were handbuilt, as opposed to wheel-thrown on a potter's wheel. Most American pottery was made by coiling, which ...

Until the first century BC, British pots were hand-made by coil- or slab-shaping. Clay was mixed with 'temper' such as sand or crushed pottery, which reduced shrinkage and cracking on drying.