Mary Starosta on sat 29 aug 09
I was taught that 'Beaked" style pitchers had a spout that came up or abov=
e
the rim of a pot. It extended up and outward to form the spout. Did I get
that right? Where did this style of potter come from? Is it called'
beaked" since it looks like a bird's beak?
Is there more than beaked pitchers and creamers or pouring vessels that hav=
e
a "beaked" area? Just wondering?
--
Mary Starosta
Colorado Potter
http://marystarosta.wordpress.com/
Mary Starosta on sat 29 aug 09
Oh Des,
It's much MUCH worse than that. I found a BEAKED WHALE! Yup in the
Mediterranean. Now that would be a nightmare! Wonder if it will fit in my
kiln?
Mary
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Des & Jan Howard wrot=
e:
> Mary
> Please say you are not going to make a beaked pitcher!
> I come awake at night, gasping, heart pounding, images
> of beaked pots everywhere, Apocalyptic visions of
> beaked pitchers, beaked casseroles, beaked vases.
> Ghastly & scary.
> Des
>
> Mary Starosta wrote:
>
>> I was taught that 'Beaked" style pitchers had a spout that came up or
>> above
>> the rim of a pot. It extended up and outward to form the spout. Did I
>> get
>> that right? Where did this style of potter come from? Is it called'
>> beaked" since it looks like a bird's beak?
>> Is there more than beaked pitchers and creamers or pouring vessels that
>> have
>> a "beaked" area? Just wondering?
>>
>
> --
> Des & Jan Howard
> Lue Pottery
> Lue NSW
> Australia
> 2850
>
> 02 6373 6419
> www.luepottery.hwy.com.au
> -32.656072 149.840624
>
Philip Poburka on sat 29 aug 09
And lest-we-forget...Beaked Beakers...too!
Phil
Lv
----- Original Message -----
From: "Des & Jan Howard"
> Mary
> Please say you are not going to make a beaked pitcher!
> I come awake at night, gasping, heart pounding, images
> of beaked pots everywhere, Apocalyptic visions of
> beaked pitchers, beaked casseroles, beaked vases.
> Ghastly & scary.
> Des
Vince Pitelka on sat 29 aug 09
Mary Starosta wrote:
"I was taught that 'Beaked" style pitchers had a spout that came up or abov=
e
the rim of a pot. It extended up and outward to form the spout. Did I get
that right? Where did this style of potter come from? Is it called'
beaked" since it looks like a bird's beak?"
Mary -
I teach ceramic history every fourth semester, and the earliest beaked
ewer's (like a pitcher with a teapot-type spout) I have seen are from the
ancient Middle East approximately 1500 BC. You can find lots of examples i=
f
you search some of the great museum collections online. There are
incredible beaked pitchers in ancient Anatolia, Cyprus, Iran, and other
areas of the Middle East. It was a popular design, because it allowed the
advantages of a spout, and yet the "beaked" portion was normally an open-to=
p
trough that allowed easy cleaning and no closed, inaccessible spaces to gro=
w
bacteria. If you have trouble finding examples let me know, and I can send
you some images.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka@dtccom.net; wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka
Des & Jan Howard on sun 30 aug 09
Mary
Please say you are not going to make a beaked pitcher!
I come awake at night, gasping, heart pounding, images
of beaked pots everywhere, Apocalyptic visions of
beaked pitchers, beaked casseroles, beaked vases.
Ghastly & scary.
Des
Mary Starosta wrote:
> I was taught that 'Beaked" style pitchers had a spout that came up or ab=
ove
> the rim of a pot. It extended up and outward to form the spout. Did I g=
et
> that right? Where did this style of potter come from? Is it called'
> beaked" since it looks like a bird's beak?
> Is there more than beaked pitchers and creamers or pouring vessels that h=
ave
> a "beaked" area? Just wondering?
--
Des & Jan Howard
Lue Pottery
Lue NSW
Australia
2850
02 6373 6419
www.luepottery.hwy.com.au
-32.656072 149.840624
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