Just received my article about reconstructing a medieval puzzle jug in the mailbox. There is even an English translation included in the back of the magazine.
#pottery #puzzlejug #historyFresh
#pottery handmade after
#medieval and early modern originals
While I'm working on my laptop, the flowers on the table suddenly start moving.
#appleblossom #spring #plantsThe owl was used for all kinds of symbolic reasons in art around 1600, but not all of these symbolic values are easy to connect to these cups.
However, owl beakers were sometimes given away as prices for shooting competitions, likely because the owl was used as a decoy for catching other birds.
Why an owl? Owls produce pellets that they throw up. Looks like vomiting... which humans do when drinking too much from an owl beaker.
The owl beaker head and body (right) were made more than 400 years ago in the Netherlands. They are in the Boijmans van Beuningen museum. I made a replica (left).
#archeology #pottery #history #majolicaWhy a jug with a
#bagpipe? In
#medieval times the bagpipe was a symbol for debauchery: feasting, sexuality, drinking a lot. This jug is a replica of a jug that was made somewhere between 1475 and 1550. So it all makes sense. Right?
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#bartmannjug #pottery #puntneuskruikA new #art piece in progress. These are my father's and my own faces combined.
A two-faced head is also seen in #Janus, the #Roman god of transitions, new beginnings and doorways. We actually use his name quite often in our month #January.
#pottery #clay #sculpture
Happy Easter!
Three hares on a 14th century tile found at the monastry Wettingen, in Switzerland. Picture taken in castle Lenzburg.
#hare #easter #medievalart #archeology
Bottles for feeding kids have a long history! Here's a Roman and a medieval one, alongside the replicas that I made. The very round Roman bottle was found in NL (collection RMO, Leiden). The medieval jug is dated 1350-1400 (museum Boijmans van Beuningen).
#archeology #history #babybottle #pottery
