Ceramic

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 systematic way to analyze ceramics. One of the most well-known methods developed within Southwestern archaeology is the "Midwestern Taxonomic Method (Bishop and Lange 1991; Rice 2013; Shepard 1957). Anna O. Shepard was one of the most notable archaeologists…

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,…

Ceramics, T.R. describes, is like a trap that you fall into. “You make one thing and then you think, well, if I would just do it a little differently. If the glaze would have behaved a little differently, then it would be better and so you do another one. You keep going and it catches you.” Ralph Steiner III, more commonly known as “T.R.” is Bluffton University’s fairly new ceramic professor. Like many students here who take a ceramics class to fulfill their fine arts credit, T.R.’s passion for…

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…

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…

The settlements of Rio Perdido Valley undergo considerable change between Ceramic Phase 1 and Ceramic Phase 3. The increase in class stratification, settlement size, monumental architecture, and changes in burials reflect increasing social complexity in the region. This begins with what appear to be small villages, which become something similar to a state-level society by Ceramic Phase 2 or 3. Los Dos Plebes experiences growth and increasing social complexity between the Early and Late Ceramic…

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 …

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…

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…