Pottery is a type of ceramic material, which the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has defined as "(a)ll fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed, except technical, structural, and refractory products." The term pottery is also used for a technique involving ceramic, where clay is mixed with other minerals and is formed into objects, including vessels generally designed for utilitarian purposes.

A Pottery is a facility of any size, from a modest studio to an industrialized factory, where pottery is made. Where resources are available - raw materials, workers, transportation - groups of potteries may exist. Due to the large number of pottery factories, or colloquially 'Pot Banks', the City of Stoke-on-Trent in England became known as The Potteries; one of the first industrial cities of the modern era where as early as 1785 200 pottery manufacturers employed 20,000 workers. The Potters is the nickname of the local football club, Stoke City F.C.. The same name is used for sports teams in the one-time "Pottery Capital of the World," East Liverpool, Ohio.

Pottery production is a process where wet clay body, clay mixed with other minerals, is shaped and allowed to dry. The shaped clay body, or piece, ware or article, may be "bisque or biscuit fired" in a kiln to induce permanent changes that result in increased mechanical strength, and then fired a second time after adding a glaze or a piece may be once fired by applying appropriate glaze to the dry unfired clay and firing in one cycle.

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http://twitpic.com/obxml - This fine hound will guide you up the stairs of Claybanks Pottery, Oceana County, MI.
wanderingwilbo (wanderingwilbo) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:34:19 -0000
http://twitpic.com/obxml - This fine hound will guide you up the stairs of Claybanks Pottery, Oceana County, MI.
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http://twitpic.com/obwgy - spent the day at Color Me Mine today painting pottery... sooo much fun! It was my first time there, loved it!
lutis (Krissy Gimenez) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:22:39 -0000
http://twitpic.com/obwgy - spent the day at Color Me Mine today painting pottery... sooo much fun! It was my first time there, loved it!
mniature child's blue pottery teapothttp://bit.ly/3FLLNo
RollingHillsVin (Anita Konow) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:21:30 -0000
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BakedDirt (Demetersdottir) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:17:58 -0000
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In the pottery studio one girl makes a ceramic box w/cuttout moons & thin ceramic stars. It takes the whole spring & it is the best in the..
marktiscareno (Mark Tiscareno) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:15:29 -0000
In the pottery studio one girl makes a ceramic box w/cuttout moons & thin ceramic stars. It takes the whole spring & it is the best in the..

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