May 14: Pottery Workshop

Another activity was done by our volunteers at the Multicultural Center of Pissouri. The activity took place on Saturday, May 14, and people from our Community participated in it. In the photos and video that follows you can see the work that has been done from our participants in Pissouri. 

During the Iron Age the pottery was "colorful and often elaborately painted with geometric or figural motifs. Intricate 'Free-field' compositions graced juglets and jars. Ubiquitous concentric circles were applied to jars, juglets, bowls and kraters using multiple brushes. Finer wares like plates, bowls and jugs were made on the fast wheel, while larger forms like amphoras, amphoroid kraters and pithoi were built with a combination of techniques: wheel throwing, hand coiling or molding.

More information about pottery in the wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery_of_ancient_Cyprus 

The pottery of ancient Cyprus starts during the Neolithic period. Throughout the ages, Cypriot ceramics demonstrate many connections with cultures from around the Mediterranean. During the Early and Middle Bronze Ages, it is especially imaginative in shape and decoration. There are also many early terracotta figurines that were produced depicting female figures.