Animal figuratory forms and their interpretations in a mud turn in Anatolia from past to present

In the first chapter, information is given about the geographical location, the clay used by the ceramic masters and the ceramic products they produced in accordance with the purpose in Avanos, Menemen, Sorkun, Karacasu and Kınık centers that contributed to the emergence of pottery and its development in Anatolia. In the second part, the definition of the concept of lathe, its types, shaping and decoration methods, glazing and firing are given. Electric lathes that we use today are mentioned, starting with the lathe, which is used in shaping symmetrical forms, and progressing with the foot lathe and pedal lathe. In the third chapter, the general history of forms with animal figures in Anatolia and the world and their use until today are given. Today, it is mentioned what should be considered from the shaping methods to the assembly stages of the forms produced with animal figures on the mud lathe. In the fourth chapter, the artists who transformed the ceramic forms drawn in a mud lathe into animal figurative works were mentioned. In the fifth chapter, as a result of the researches, new contemporary ceramic forms were presented by cutting the pieces taken on a potter's lathe and adding them to each other, and presented as a suggestion.