Coiling has been used for millenia to create beautiful and functional pottery. This slide show presents various contemporary works created using the coiling method.
9. Historical
• Nigeria (Nubian)
• 350 – 450 AD
• Storage Vessel
• Height 43 cm
10. Historical
• Britain
• Bronze Age
• 2230 – 1600 BC
• Vessels
• Heights <= 20 cm
11. Historical
• Britain
• Medieval
• 1200 – 1400 AD
• Cooking pot
• Height 30 cm
12. Historical
• America (New
Mexico)
• 1800 – 1900 AD
• Water jar
• Height 26 cm
13. Contemporary:
Why Coil Today?
• To make large works
• To make thin walls
• To accommodate difficult clay mixes
• Because it allows greater control
• Because one can’t throw
14. Contemporary:
Why Coil Today?
• To make asymmetrical forms
• To preserve or reference tradition
• Because it gives an organic shape
• Because one likes the pace and/or the
process
15. Contemporary
• Monica Young
• British
• Height 170 cm
16. Contemporary
• Elizabeth MacDonald
• American
• “Nest”
• Height 17 cm
36. Contemporary
• Richard Garriott-
Stejskal
• “Coil building has a
rhythm that I like… It
is the doing that seems
to stimulate ideas…”
• “Listening to
Memory’s Voice”
• Height 55 cm
37. Contemporary
• Rudy Autio
• American
• Few wide slabs coiled
together
• Height 94 cm
