The potter's wheel was widely used by the beginning of the third phase of the Early Bronze Age, about 2400 BCE. Pottery cannot be made by hand modeling or coiling without the potter either turning the ...

Do you remember when you first tried your skills in using the potter’s wheel? My first attempt was made secretly. I don’t know why I thought that people in my workplace at that time would ...

Sitting behind a potter’s wheel in downtown Santa Fe, I surrendered to the wet clay, digging my fingers in and watching as a bowl began to take shape. “Breathe,” said my instructor ...