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Native Ceramic Vessels from Around the Americas: Researched by Whitney Mosley and Sarah Teel

January, 2021 by Sarah Teel

Among the indigenous artists of the Americas, ceramists have developed signature pottery forms that are based on traditional cooking and storage vessels.  These artists often also developed elaborate, decorative forms of pottery to serve for important civic or ritual occasions, as well as to cater to and satisfy high-status patrons.  Some forms, motifs, and designs on these … [Read more...] about Native Ceramic Vessels from Around the Americas: Researched by Whitney Mosley and Sarah Teel

Filed Under: 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas Tagged With: 19th century art, 20th century art, casas grandes, casas grandes style vessels, ceramics, conté polychrome-style, geometric designs, isleta pueblo culture, lakota culture, mata ortiz, mestizo cultures, native ceramic vessels, paha sapa design, pueblo cultures, ramona, tinamou motifs, uru-chipaya culture, wedding vase

Miniature Tagine for Holding Spices: Researched by Olivia Smith

September, 2020 by Whitney Mosley

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Berber vessels are distinctive in their use of locally sourced clays that the artisans dig, process, mature, and work by hand. Although this Berber vessel takes the same form as large, traditional Moroccan tagines used for cooking, this tagine is much too small to be used for cooking or serving meals. Instead, this covered vessel was made to mimic the shape of a tagine, but it … [Read more...] about Miniature Tagine for Holding Spices: Researched by Olivia Smith

Filed Under: 2020 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa Tagged With: african art, berber culture, ceramics, north africa, Pottery, Tagine

Sgraffito Vessel with Four Swimming Turtles: Researched and Reproduced by Katelynn McGuire

September, 2020 by Sarah Teel

This vessel is an excellent example of the skilled art pottery made by the artisans of San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua. These vessels strongly illustrate the Mestizo (mixed European and indigenous) heritage of the region; the vessels are made using traditional terra cotta clays, but formed using the imported Spanish method of throwing the vessel on a potter’s wheel.  The vessels … [Read more...] about Sgraffito Vessel with Four Swimming Turtles: Researched and Reproduced by Katelynn McGuire

Filed Under: 2016 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas Tagged With: ceramics, franklin calero, nicaraguan mestizo culture, reproduction, sgraffito vessel

Decorative Serving Pitcher: Researched by Olivia Smith

September, 2020 by Whitney Mosley

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Decorative motifs on north African pottery may sometimes appear simple, but they are considered very important; in Algeria, for example, new members of a family, such as newlywed wives, are expected to adopt their in-law’s pottery styles. This vessel shows the importance of the painting decoration in the care taken to prepare the surface, which has been burnished to a shine … [Read more...] about Decorative Serving Pitcher: Researched by Olivia Smith

Filed Under: 2020 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa Tagged With: african art, berber culture, ceramics, Islamic cultures, North African ceramics

Mimbres Black-on-White Painted Bowl: Researched and Conserved by Aimee Westrich

September, 2020 by Sarah Teel

When the Mogollon cultures of the American Southwest region formed between 200 and 400 CE, their early ceramics were simple, with little to no design.  Around 800 CE, the Mogollon began producing pottery with geometric patterns, likely as a result of trade with and influences from the neighboring Hisatsinom (also known as the Anasazi) culture, and by 900 CE, the subculture of … [Read more...] about Mimbres Black-on-White Painted Bowl: Researched and Conserved by Aimee Westrich

Filed Under: 2015 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: ceramics, conservation, mimbres culture, mogollon culture, ralph foster museum

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