[Clayart] women and clay

[Vince Pitelka]

Hi Gregg - 
Did you read my posts about the origin of firing clay?  The fired clay-lined basket theory is a very big stretch.
- Vince

Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka at dtccom.net  
sites.tntech.edu/wpitelka/

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From: Clayart [mailto:clayart-bounces at lists.clayartworld.com] On Behalf Of Gregg Lindsley
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2018 5:23 PM
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Subject: [Clayart] women and clay

Here how I've always figured it:  Women wove the first  reed baskets to put things in;  to carry, store and  things.
They were porous though, and could only hold bigger solid things.
then, one of the women started putting clay in the basket as a liner.
 This would hold more things, but wouldn't stand up to being wet.
One night, one of the men came home from a drunken Mastodon party and accidentally kicked one of the clay lined baskets into a big fire.
the next morning, one of the women had the germ of an idea.
and the rest is history.


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Gregg Lindsley
Earth and Fire Pottery
10325 Brookside Drive
Middletown, Ca. 95461
707-490-7168
www.earthandfirepottery.net
At home among the lost and found
 aka Gregg from Mendocino
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