Lesson 6.09

(Covering the section titled:  ”How pottery was formed,”  pages 114-116.)

This lesson describes how the potter uses the pottery wheel.

ACTIVITIES:

(A)  Read Isaiah 64:8

(B)   Read Jeremiah 18:1-6

(C)  Isaiah and Jeremiah compare the clay to whom?                                                        

(D)  Isaiah and Jeremiah compare the potter to whom?                                                     

Lesson 6.10

(Covering the sections titled:  “Firing the pottery”  and  “The glazing process; fine pottery,”  pages 116-118.)

Important words used in this lesson:

Kiln is a very hot oven for baking, or firing, the clay pottery (picture on page 116).

Firing (baking) the clay pottery makes it hard, so it won’t melt if it becomes wet.

Once-fired pottery was baked only one time.

Potsherd (or shard) is a broken piece of pottery.

Glaze is like a special paint or coating for pottery.  Glaze is put on the pottery between the first and second firing.  Glaze seals the pottery so it can hold liquids.  Glaze also adds color to the pottery.

ACTIVITIES:

(A)  Read Psalm 32:12.  That verse compares broken pottery to a broken heart.

(B)   If you feel that way, what should you do?  (Hint: read verses 14, 22, and 24.)