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 Research paper on the Italian Maiolica creation during approximately 1547. 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, I choose not to present this entry.
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
- Recommended Resources to start your own journey
- Collection at the Victoria Albert Museum
- Original Text by Piccolpasso
- Piccolpasso, C. (n.d.). The three books of the potter’s art. (R. L. Gaiger-smith, Trans.)
- Caiger-Smith, A. (1973). Tin-glaze pottery in Europe and the Islamic world; the tradition of 1000 years in maiolica, faience & delftware. London: Faber.
- Sani, E. P. (2012). Italian Renaissance Maiolica. V&A Publishing.
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.