While on a month long Yatra (pilgrimage) through Maharashtra, we decided to visit the Trimbakeshwar temple, which was in proximity to the Lord Rama caves of Nashik. As we drew closer to our destination, the terrain began to reveal a more distinctive and unusual appearance and I was feeling ...
MostSouth American potterywas made at centres in the Andes and on the west coast, particularly in Bolivia and Peru. Pottery of lesser importance comes from Ecuador, Colombia, northwest Argentina, and northern Chile. In some places a very high degree of skill was attained, especially in the cen...
The French have always been intrinsic style innovators in fashion and the arts and have readily adapted to new trends. In the ceramic arts, there has been a consistent tradition of invention, research, and the adoption of new techniques through the ages. Bernard Palissy, Theodore Deck, Edmond ...
In the 19th century Meissen and Sèvres continued to be the two principal factories and leaders of fashion, although at both places, as elsewhere, artistic standards declined considerably. Meissen porcelainMeissen porcelain candelabras and clock, 19th century.(more) In the first half of the 19th ce...
Sithole, born in 1971in Soweto,is a South African studio potter who moved from Johannesburg to Lesotho at the age of 8 and then to Durban in the nineties where he began practicing as ceramic artist at the Bat Centre. These 2 places defined and influenced his work, adding features like zo...
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In the Mikawa area, in Aichi Prefecture, Sanshu is one of the three places wherekawara(clay tiles) have been made since the 6th century. Sanshu Onigawara crafts are acomplex technique of clay workthat requires a long experience. Onigawarais a type ofroof ornamentin Japanese architecture. It...