{"id":23413,"date":"2024-01-04T13:44:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T13:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/humans-and-ceramics-what-can-we-learn-from-our-pots\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T10:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T10:38:56","slug":"humans-and-ceramics-what-can-we-learn-from-our-pots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/en\/humans-and-ceramics-what-can-we-learn-from-our-pots\/","title":{"rendered":"Humans and ceramics: what can we learn from our pots?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23413\" class=\"elementor elementor-23413 elementor-15606\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6b6a59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6b6a59\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5058343\" data-id=\"5058343\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc7b9b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc7b9b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>It is a new trend, but certainly not a new technique. After all, humans have been making ceramics for thousands of years. And we can learn a lot from those handmade pots.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaf3efd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aaf3efd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Making connections<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca9361e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca9361e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A first chunk of information we can get from a historic piece of ceramics is <strong>the age of the pot or shard<\/strong>. There are many technologies, such as carbon dating, that allow us to find out when a piece of clay was fired. We can also analyze the particles in the clay to determine <strong>where it came from<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n<p>Once we know the age and origin, we can discover interesting connections. For example, if we find many pots made with clay from southern France in a Flemish village, we know that there was busy trade between these two locations around the time these pots were fired. <\/p>\n<p>Such connections can provide <strong>valuable insights<\/strong>, especially when it comes to locations much further apart. For example, some researchers believe that groups of people from Asia made it to the Americas even before Columbus. And this is because there are striking similarities between the ceramics of these groups and those found at some South American sites. It&#8217;s not proven, but who knows what we might discover in the future?   <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8bed2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8bed2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Understanding culture<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33f078c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33f078c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>form and decoration<\/strong> of ceramics can also teach us a great deal about the society in which the ceramist lived. For example, we know that in Roman times large amphorae were used to transport a variety of products such as wine or olive oil over long distances.  <span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing )\">The decorations on these amphorae often contain scenes that give us a glimpse of daily life at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another example is the rise of wabi-sabi in Japan around the 15th century. Before this trend emerged, people used very luxuriously decorated tea bowls with many fine details. But with the advent of wabi-sabi, people increasingly emphasized elegance through simplicity. And this is clearly reflected in the ceramics of the time. The busily decorated tea bowls gradually gave way to very simple ones.     <strong>Thus, ceramics offer a glimpse into what was going on during this period.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27ab543 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27ab543\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cursist-amfora-kan-met-2-oren-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19202\" alt=\"Amfora kan met twee oren\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cursist-amfora-kan-met-2-oren-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cursist-amfora-kan-met-2-oren-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cursist-amfora-kan-met-2-oren-768x1151.webp 768w, https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cursist-amfora-kan-met-2-oren-1025x1536.webp 1025w, https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cursist-amfora-kan-met-2-oren-1366x2048.webp 1366w, https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cursist-amfora-kan-met-2-oren-900x1349.webp 900w, https:\/\/staging.cursist-courses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cursist-amfora-kan-met-2-oren-scaled.webp 1708w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2158da2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2158da2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2535e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2535e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">And in the future?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7f589c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7f589c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>The techniques, tools and trends have changed over and over through the centuries, but the basics of pottery remain the same. That connection between humans and clay will always be there. And who knows what people will think of our pieces in the future?  <\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working with clay is popular. More and more people are discovering how much fun it is to experiment with your hands in the clay, and afterwards admire your handmade piece. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"What does ceramics history teach us? | Cursist","_seopress_titles_desc":"What does ceramic history teach us? 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