Pottery

no, trace of the paint remains today in the ruins of the Parthenon. In the early geometric period, ceramic vessels were primarily used as funerary items. Repetitive geometric shapes and stick figures were common features on these vessels. Later pottery became more utilitarian and decorative. During the archaic period, vase painting was an important art form, which involves scratching incisions to reveal black silhouette designs and backgrounds of…

graduating he opened his own studio and did pottery for 20 years alongside his work on the family farm. However, the pottery got stale. When you are a studio potter and you have to sell pots, sometimes you tend to make pots for the market. Instead of being true to the craft, T.R. was just focused on cranking the pieces out to sell. He also wanted to find more stable employment, so he had sold the studio and equipment. Although T.R. thought he had given pottery up he heard a rumor that Gregg was…

with a BFA from the fine arts school at The University of Connecticut. Kim started out working as a graphic designer for a few years but she got bored of sitting in front of a computer all day. So Kim took a pottery class suggested by a friend. After taking a pottery class she started doing pottery instead of doing graphic design. Kim has said that she wants to create well crafted, heirloom quality pieces. It is important to her that her pieces are used and enjoyed. She moved to Brooklyn to…

Marsh’s inventory when dating the figures of Charles Vyse. The same inventory was the source for the catalogue an Exhibition of Figures and Stoneware Pottery of Charles Vyse, arranged by Richard Dennis in conjunction with the Fine Art Society, December 1974. However, in the 1920s, when Charles and Nell Vyse were establishing their Chelsea pottery, record keeping was at times haphazard. Consequently, at a recent auction containing over twenty Vyse figures, it was discovered that four of…

the hobby of putting back together broken pottery that is found on the shore of the ocean near their house. Marion collects the shards of porcelain for her, and watches as Aunt A piece by piece tries to reassemble to the best of her ability, the broken pottery. When Marion leaves to return to her home, Aunt A gives her a gift. When safely home, but still unsure of herself, and her illness, she opens the gift and sees one of Aunt A’s half put together pottery. Each chipped piece of porcelain put…

The industrial revolution was a period of important changes. Josephine Cochrane, Charles Townshend, James Watt and Josiah Wedgewood were fundamental to process and machinery innovations. Josephine Cochrane was born in1839, Ohio. Cochrane’s husband, a prosperous politician, required his household to host many dinner parties. Over-worked staff often chipped expensive dishes during events. Cochrane observed that inefficient dish-washing was harsh on fine china. Cochrane, widowed at 45, was left…

Children’s Book Reflection Origo Deorum is a retelling Hesiod’s Theogony, a large-scale synthesis of Greek religious traditions and fables concerning the gods and the universe. The children’s book recounts the birth of the gods and the gradual emergence of Zeus’ dominance and his formation of cosmic order. The story is told in three stages, the castration of Oursanos by Cronos, the deception of Cronos by Gaia and Zeus, and the victory of the new gods over the Titans. The myth does not follow…

Fresno Art Museum: An Exceptional Experience Upon visiting the Fresno Art Museum, I was pleasantly greeted with several local as well as world renowned paintings, sculptures, pottery, and murals. There were numerous exhibits dedicated to art, Latin American pottery, and even one fully devoted to Gary Soto, a Fresno native, whose children’s books were displayed in the museum along with paintings from the illustrations of his several acclaimed books. The overall environment was filled with great…

we can start to see how different cultural histories can work together.” The Roberto Lugo’s Angela Davis/ Toni Morrison teapot combines the spray paint letter effect with the dripping paint clumping together to juxtapose street art with expensive pottery. He uses the contrast of the nice stoneware and the street graffiti to show there are problems with inequality and racism in our society. Roberto Lugo chose Angela Davis, a social activist as the main focal point on the teapot. The artist is…

end of the fourth centuries B.C., new techniques were starting to be used to decorate the fine pottery. Throughout many cities all over the Greek world celebrations in honor of deities took place. The Panathenaic games were one of Athens most important festivals. With the day of games, citizens would go to the Acropolis, the great temple to Athena. Amongst all…