Rwandan Pottery by Daniel

 Creating Pottery - by Daniel

Early one morning we got up to go birding and discovered a pottery operation in the marsh we were exploring.  We decided to visit the shop, and when we got there the Rwandan staff gladly gave us a small tour. We saw how they grind the clay into powder, how they make small pots on a wheel, and how they fire pots in the furnace.  Whenever pots need to be put into the furnace, hte brick wall has to be torn down and then built back up!

After the tour we saw a man creating a pot on the wheel.  When he was done he motioned for us to come and try it.  So we had a little lesson at the wheel. 

It was very interesting and fun.  At the bottom of the wheel is a bigger wheel that I turned with my foot to keep the small wheel up at the top spinning really fast.  After finishing they said that we could come back in three more days and it would be fired.

                                                                           

A couple weeks after we made our pots,  Mom’s  b-day and Father’s day came so we decided to go back go back.  We made some more pots and I molded a crocodile for mom!!