ABSTRACT
There is of course no ancient account of how Greek pots were made. What we have are the remains of several kilns, some terracotta plaques and vase paintings with brief illustrations of potters at work, comparative technology and the pots themselves. But most of the processes are obvious enough, and for those that are not explanations have been proposed that are at least generally probable. Since Greek pottery reached its highest technical refine ment in Attic workshops of the later sixth and earlier fifth centuries, it is convenient to take for summary description the making of a typical red figure pot.
