What types of artists were there during the Revolutionary War?
Potters
A potter is a person who creates art out of clay. Each colonial community had its potters who made ware for their community. This job wasn't specified as a male or females role. Being a potter wasn't just about shaping clay it was about having a creative mind, that was also open minded to new ideas. Being a potter wasn't just about shaping clay it was about having a creative mind, that was also open minded to new ideas.
On the left, someone sculpting a bowl or cup out of clay.
Blacksmiths
At the beginning of the Revolutionary war there were more blacksmith’s than there were horses, that is for the American colonies. A blacksmith is a person who creates and repair items in iron by hand. They made axes, hoes, kettles, locks, gates, and wheel parts. These are just a few of the hundred things they produced. They constructed their houses, fences, and started their fires by wood, from trees. They’d cut them down and carve them until they got the shape they wanted. Even though they had iron they didn’t have enough to have iron built furnaces so, they used wood for that too. The Native American hadn’t known about these tools the Englished designed; they wanted them. The English at this time didn’t have many people (about three hundred) due to a plague so, they didn’t have many farmers and other craftsmen. They decided to trade with the Native Americans, food for axes.