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MAKING A REPLICA OF AN ATTIC VASE

1, While the wheel revolves, the clay is centered between
wet hands. 2. When the clay runs true without wobble, a
central hole is started. 3. Outward pressure from inside
opens the bowl. 4. The bowl is thinned, using a wooden
shaper. 5, As the wheel revolves, a wire is drawn through
the base. 6. The base of the bowl shows the spiral wire
marks. 7. Clay left on the wheel is used for the foot &.
A metal shaper is used to make the hole. 9. When the
bowl is leather-hard, it mw turned with a metal shaver
10. Wet clay is applied as a bond. 11. More wet clay is
applied around the point. 12. Clay is rolled and bent ta
shape for the handles. 13. The handles are attached tm the
bow! with wet clay. 14. Black glaze matter is applied
over an ocher wash with a brush. 14. Decorative elements
are painted with a fine brush. 16, Incision is made with
a sharp point. 17. After drying, the kylix is ready to fire.

Attic Vases continued

joined to a part—usually the mouth, but sometimes a
foot—formed on the potter's wheel, Therefore the
patrix was made only for the molded section

An excellent example of a patrix is a deer head
shown here, reported to have come from Taranto in
Apulia. This terracotta patrix was designed for the
production of a deer-head rhyton, or drinking cup. It
was vigorously modeled and left unfinished at the
neck where a wheel-formed mouth would be added
to the vase. The patrix was cleverly designed to