Dancing Birds! I love the whimsy of the design. Read about the reproduction process: Dancing Birds.
This is a short paper comparing the pharmacy jar across time and continents. It also compares in some detail modern techniques and historical production. Comparitive_pharmacy_jar_paper
I have posted a pdf of Piccolpasso’s work with both the original Italian and English translation published in 1934 here for educational and research purposes: “The 3 Books of The Potter’s Art” By Piccolpasso (1524-1579). [...]
Amazing event! This is a must attend in the future. Pit fires are so much fun and results are sometimes unexpected. I was hoping my medieval Filipino palayoks (cooking pots) would be darker. I may [...]
What a fun day. I was surprised that most students believed that porcelain was invented in Europe in the 1800s! I had very thoughtful questions and enjoyed teaching. The slides associated with the class, which [...]
Just finished a series of Southeast Asian Lime Pots from the 11th-13th Centuries. I will be displaying them at the SCA Pennsic war in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania if you would like to see them. Saturday [...]
This is the documentation and pictures from my fritpaste experiment utilizing d J.W. Allen’s English translation from Abu’l-Quasim’s Treatise on Ceramics. The translation can be found here: https://islamicceramics.ashmolean.org/Glossary/abulqasim.htm Abu’l-Qasim’s treatise on the manufacture of tiles [...]
This is my PowerPoint from the class I taught at the last Royal University of the Midrealm, October 11, 2025. FRITWARE POWERPOINT OCT 14. This is a picture I used to illustrate several innovations the [...]
Just finished a series of Southeast Asian Lime Pots from the 11th-13th Centuries. I will be displaying them at the SCA Pennsic war in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, Sunday in the Great Hall. See you There! [...]
Pharmacy jars 1200-1600 I created a number of pharmacy jar replicas. I researched the jars from period examples mostly from museums. I created each jar on the potters wheel and hand painted each one. I [...]
