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Pottery Handbuilding Techniques

Before fancy equipment and pottery wheels, ancient cultures used their hands and simple tools to create pottery.

Learn about pinch pottery, coil building, and the slab technique using Play-Doh or clay.

No Play-Doh or clay at home? Make your own with flour, salt, water, lemon juice, vegetable oil, and food coloring using this recipe.

Don't forget to send us your creations so that we can display them on the eClub Hub! Email us at bgcalbanyeclub@gmail.com.

Draw feelings

Color pysanka

Draw your dreams

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Try your hand at a simple origami bunny!

Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. The term "origami" originates from two Japanese words, oru which means "to fold," and kami, meaning "paper."

Paper was first brought to Japan by monks in the year 500 A.D. Back then, paper was not very common and only available to a few people. In those times, origami was only created for special ceremonies, which were often religious.

As years passed and paper was easier and cheaper to produce, it was more readily available to the masses. Beginning in the early 1600s, origami was not only for ceremonial purposes, but was also created just for fun.

Want to learn more about the history of origami and see some very intricate origami creations? Check out the New York Times article, "The Modern Life of Origami, an Art as Old as Paper" here.