Question 4 of 24intermediate💡 UnderstandEssay2 marks

Have you wondered how clay takes a beautiful shape on a spinning wheel?

Correct Answer

Clay takes beautiful shapes on a spinning wheel because the potter first prepares the clay by making it wet, pounding it well, and kneading it like dough to get the right consistency.

Then the clay is placed on the stone wheel (potter's wheel). As the wheel spins, the potter shapes the clay using their hands.

The spinning motion helps the clay spread evenly and take the desired shape like a pot, piggy bank, or cup.

Exercise: Activity 1 | Q: 4 | (Page Page 3)
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Explanation

The chapter describes Appooppan's process: he would take clay, make it wet, add enough water for the right consistency, pound it well, and knead it like dough. Then he put the clay on a stone wheel and shaped it by spinning it. Activity 1 asks students to visit a potter and observe this process.

Solution Steps

  1. The potter prepares clay by making it wet, pounding it well, and kneading it like dough to get the right consistency

  2. The prepared clay is placed on a stone wheel (potter's wheel)

  3. As the wheel spins, the potter shapes the clay using their hands

  4. The spinning motion helps the clay spread evenly into desired shapes like pots, piggy banks, or cups

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