DLTK's Holiday Activities
Chinese Pottery
This is a simple craft to do as part of a China lesson. My
daughter made her plate during Grade 9 -- however, the project is
appropriate for any grade. Younger children will paint simpler
images and older children or art students can make them more complex Dragons,
fish and flowers are all good choices for decorating your project.
Children can visit the library to look through pictures for inspiration. |
Tasha's Chinese pottery
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In China, pottery has been an art form as well as a means of
creating useful household items for 11,000 years -- Chinese pottery focused
mainly on ceramics and porcelains. The early forms of pottery were, of
course, quite simple but over the years the science and art of pottery
making grew and became more complex. By the mid 1300's, Chinese ceramics
became the most advanced in the world. This was the time of the Ming
Dynasty (from 1368 to 1644) -- decorative Ming vases remain priceless
collectibles to this day. In the 1400's, blue and white porcelain became
technologically possible and very popular -- the Dutch blue and white
porcelain was originally made as an attempt to copy this popular Chinese
pottery. |
Authentic Ming dynasty porcelain plate |
