Recently I entered into an Arts and Science Competition for our historical recreation group. Each individual who wanted to do a full entry would enter three complete entries. These could fall under the categories of Object, Process, Experimental Archaeology, Performance, Written Composition, or Research paper. You can find out more about the categories and other arts and sciences items in our group on their website https://arts.antir.org/.
One of my entries was a Process entry on the Decorative styles of Gaulish Samien ware. My research was then shared in this competition first as a paper and then as an in person presentation. Ultimately I was chosen to advance to the final round and this topic was the one I choose to present. I placed second in the competition against a good friend of mind. The important part was I was able to share this knowledge with others and have a few collaborations which may come out of this with other historic artisans and experimenters (roman salt and roman cooking vessels to name a few).
I spent two years researching this topic and experimenting with these techniques and learned a lot during this process. The best part of knowledge is sharing it with others, and to that end I wanted to share my entry on this site.
My Research & Resources:
- My Paper
- My Presentation
- My final presentation live streamed (beginning at 35:19)
- Recommended Resources to start your own journey
- Potted History
- Terra Sigillata Museum
- Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of art
- Vindolanda Trust
- Peacock, D. (1982). Pottery in the Roman world. New York: Longman Inc.
I will be uploading some pictures of my display once I have them. I hope you find this piece of Pottery History as interesting as I did.