American Ceramic Society

The technology began in the heartland of the Inca Empire and later spread the Inca motifs to the remaining provinces and the kingdom’s outskirts. The empire was ethnically diverse, yet they still manage to produce these ceramics. However, each region appeared to posses its specific provincial ceramic style. They made many potteries based on varying shapes. One of the main features of the Inca ceramics is that they did not depict the human form like other communities (Miller 1987: 130). Instead, the potters based their shapes on geometry and animals. Their shapes did not have the artistry of ceramics witnessed in earlier civilizations like Nazca and Moche. Their production was anchored on two purposes: ceremonial and…

The Juicy Salif by Philip Starck is one of the most iconic and obscure designs of modern culture. The shape of the Juicy Salif is what first attracts the human eye, immediately grabbing any onlookers’ attention. An elongated teardrop with three solid tentacles in aluminum casting, resembling a large metal spider, the Juicy Salif is no ordinary lemon squeezer. Futuristic, sleek and unique in design, it screams post-modernism. The disproportionate number of legs juxtaposes to its clean lines and…

A Single Shard The culture was Korean and Japanese. Which they tried to base it up about pottery making and learning how to do pottery and make potts. The location was in Korea and they didn’t have technology but the phones on the wall. They used things that looked like a book bag but was made out of straw and carried the things in there like if you go to garden they will use those and put the pumpkins and other stuff like that in the book bag looking thing. I think this is …

she doesn't only make one type of work. Ruth Duckworth was born on April 10, 1919 in Hamburg, Germany with the name Ruth Windmüller. She initially found interest in drawing and painting after she was recommended by a doctor that she stay at home to improve her health. Because her father was Jewish and the Nazi regime wouldn't let her study art, she left Germany with her family. In 1936, she started attending the Liverpool College of Art, but later attended Hammersmith School of Art and the City…

writing to introduce you to the work of Marilyn Levine. She is a ceramics artist that specializes in making clay appear as leather. Unfortunately she is deceased however; she has dedicated her career to making hyper realistic renderings of leather objects that are entirely made from clay. Although many artists refine, vary or shift styles throughout their careers, Levine stuck to the realistic sculpture she devised 35 years ago as a graduate student at UC Berkeley. A viewer of one of her shows…

Throughout this paper one of the biggest themes surrounding Islamic pottery is the desire to imitate Chinese porcelain. Islamic potters were almost forced to imitate, instead of recreate, the Chinese because of the lack of technical knowledge and sufficient materials to fire at high temperatures (Cooper 1972). One of the main problems that Islamic potters faced throughout their time periods was that they did not have the necessary ingredients for making true porcelain because they did not have…

Lucy Flagella first discovered a love for pottery when she was a high school senior. Flagella has been creating pottery for nearly thirty nine years. Her passion lies in creating completely handmade work which creates a more personal connection with her customers. The marks left in the clay, reflect the thought and time Flagella puts into each piece. Handmade pottery is the result of the years of practice and patience spent mastering the techniques on the potter’s wheel and is the direct result…

The clay cannot be dried because it will shrink so the best way is firing, when the clay turns to a stone-like material. (Redford 2001, 254) Pottery was used for the preparation of food and drink, serving, and storage. If the pottery was going to be used for food, the Egyptians would use surface coating and if it were to be used for beverages, surface compaction was an important technique. Theses ceramics were often leaned against walls or used supports made of pottery or wood. Pottery could…

Topic 1: Detailed History of Ceramic Analysis in the Maya Lowlands Many influences from around North American archaeology apparently influenced the methods used by researchers when reviewing the historical trajectory of ceramic analysis in the Maya area. To follow this path, an examination of the earliest explorers in the Maya area is necessary. During the time of the first Mesoamerican explorers, such as Catherwood, Maudslay, and Maler, the Southwestern archaeologists have already created a…

The first being Early Islamic pottery from the seventh to the 9th century, then the Early Medieval Islamic pottery period from the eleventh to the mid thirteenth century, followed by the Late Medieval Islamic pottery period from the mid thirteenth century to the century, and finally the Late Islamic pottery period from the (Jenkins 1983). During the Early Period of Islamic pottery there were two basic types of decorated ceramic wares in use in the Islamic world before the ninth century. One grew…