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Potters at work at the crafts section of the Feria de Texcoco. Mixing of cat-tail fluff, used as temper, into clay in Morelos. Ceramics is the most practiced craft in Mexico. Shapes and function of the pieces vary from simple flat comals, used for making tortillas to elaborate sculptures called Trees of Life. [19]
Maya ceramics. Painted Classic Period vase from Sacul in Guatemala. Maya ceramics are ceramics produced in the Pre-Columbian Maya culture of Mesoamerica. The vessels used different colors, sizes, and had varied purposes. Vessels for the elite could be painted with very detailed scenes, while utilitarian vessels were undecorated or much simpler.
Clay pipe dating is the act of dating clay tobacco pipes found at archaeological sites to specific time periods. Pipe bowl found in Kent, southeast England. The circular hole through the tube is slightly off-centre and measures 3.36mm in diameter, and would suggest a rough date of c.1610 AD. Clay pipes are a useful archaeological dating tool ...
Beveled rim bowls are generally uniform in size standing roughly 10 cm (4 in) tall with the mouth of the bowl being approximately 18 cm (7.1 in) in diameter. The sides of the bowls have a straight steep angle down to a very defined base usually 9 cm (3.5 in) in diameter. The bowls are made of low fired clay and have relatively thick walls ...
For centuries, pottery has been central to pueblo life as a feature of ceremonial and utilitarian usage. The clay is locally sourced, most frequently handmade (not thrown on a potters wheel nor cast in a mold), and fired traditionally in an earthen pit. These items take the form of storage jars, canteens, serving bowls, seed jars, and ladles ...
Huichol art. Huichol art broadly groups the most traditional and most recent innovations in the folk art and handcrafts produced by the Huichol people, who live in the states of Jalisco, Durango, Zacatecas and Nayarit in Mexico. The unifying factor of the work is the colorful decoration using symbols and designs which date back centuries.
Mason Cash originated as a pottery company, based in Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, UK, making a range of earthenware and stoneware kitchenware including mixing bowls, pudding basins and petware. [1] They are most well known for their range of 'Cane Bowls'. [2] [3] Mason Cash is now a brand of the Rayware Group and while many of the Mason ...
Raku ware. White Raku teabowl Fuji-san ( Mount Fuji) by Honami Kōetsu, Edo period, 17th century. National Treasure. Raku ware ( 楽焼, raku-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies, most often in the form of chawan tea bowls. It is traditionally characterised by being hand-shaped rather than thrown ...