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Did some #ceramic prep work today I'd been putting off. We have some white clay & red ochre that I needed to process for natural slips & paints to apply to our #ceramics. I by no means processed as much as I'd like, but it was a start. 1/ #archaeology #pottery 
The white clay, 1 of 2 we've found in the past few years, isn't ideal, having some small quartz & chert pea gravel, grit & course sand in it. I selected several small pieces after breaking up the main mass. 2/ #ceramics #archaeology #pottery
The clay crushed nicely, except for the screeeech! of quartz grit dragging across the grinding stone surface. I picked out most of the grit & sand, but it will need sieved. The entire batch probably should be liquefied, then drain off the clay. 3/ #ceramics #archaeology #pottery
(1/3) An uncommon find for tin-glaze Tuesday! This beautiful tin glaze rim sherd (likely from a platter) was recovered during the 2011 archaeological excavations at Faneuil Hall. It is French in origin and dates to the mid- to late 18th century.
(2/3) Its decoration style is called Rouen Polychrome, a nod towards the area in France where it is from and the blue and black glazes on its surface. The exterior exhibits brown splotchy lead glaze. The following link shows an example of a Rouen sherd from the Florida museum.
(3/3) floridamuseum.ufl.edu/typeceramics/t… Artifact Provenience: FHU.196 #boston #archaeology #NEHgrant #ceramics
As I recover from #COVID19 I remember the strength of my ancestors, esp my grandfather #DavidOhannessian, who mastered ceramic art in Ottoman Kutahya in the years before WW1, survived exile during the #ArmenianGenocide & founded the art of #Armenianceramics in Jerusalem in 1919
I tell his story in a book #FeastofAshes & share here a sample of his art, which changed the face of Jerusalem, where he carried over the Ottoman Kutahya ceramics tradition. This art continues to flourish today in the studios of several Armenian families. a.co/d/5sJrGkp
One of #DavidOhannessian’s most characteristic works in Jerusalem, the tiled triptych made for St John’s Ophthalmic Hospital in the 1920s, when it was renovated by #architect Austen St Barbe Harrison #Armenianceramics
