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Animal and People Pottery
Use Sculptural Techniques in Your Pottery

From Beth Peterson, About.com

Pots that have included three dimensional images of people and animals are a great way to move into the more sculptural aspects of clay. The goal is to make a vessel that is also a face, head, or body. Abstract, realistic, and caricatures of animals and people are fair game in this project.

Clay is in three dimensions, so this is a great project to help you consciously work with the three-dimensional elements and design of your piece's form.

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A glazed pottery pouring vessel in the form of a fish from the Liao Dynaasty in China.Animal and People PotteryThis pot is made in the form of a serpent or rattlesnake. It was created by Sukhmandir Khalsa.Rattlesnake Pot by Sukhmandir KhalsaA pottery crock with a bird on the lid by KayPottery.Crock with Bird Lid by KayPotteryThis pottery turtle vessel was created by Janet White.Turtle Vessel by Janet White
"Kitchen Garden Faces," a pottery vessel created by Ioulia Mezentseva.Kitchen Garden Faces by Ioulia MezentsevaAdd your piece to this project gallery.Add Your Anthropomorphic Vessel to this Gallery
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