This volume is based on a session from the 2012 TAG conference (Liverpool University) and includes papers delivered at the conference and others submitted subsequently. Contributors are drawn from both academic and commercial archaeology and the diverse range of subjects is intended to help to bridge the unfortunate gap between some of the sub-disciplines which constitute archaeology in its broadest sense. Papers include: Pots as Things: Value, meaning and medieval pottery (Ben Jervis), Vehicles for Thought: Terrets in the British Iron Age (Anna Lewis), Addressing the Body: Corporeal meanings and artefacts in early England (Toby Martin), All form one and one form all: The relationship between pre-burial function and the form of early Anglo-Saxon cremation urns (Gareth Perry), Plates and other vessels from early modern and recent graves (Beth Richardson), Not so much a pot, more an expensive luxury: Commercial archaeology and the decline of pottery analysis (Paul Blinkhorn), Tradition and Change: The production and consumption of late post-medieval and early modern pottery in southern Yorkshire (Chris Cumberpatch), The organisation of late Bronze Age to early Iron Age society in the Peak District National Park (Kevin Cootes).

In the introduction to John P. Hart's study on Nacogdoches's historic Washington Square Mound, Timothy K. Perttula notes that publication of Hart's finding is long overdue. The Washington Square mound site, he describes, "is a Caddo multiple mound center" and is "one of the few known Caddo mound sites in the Neches-Angelina river basins in East Texas, and the study of its archeological deposits has contributed important and unique information on the lifeways, social and political organization, and religious beliefs of ancestral Caddo peoples" who occupied the area circa A.D. 1250-1425. Hart's research reveals invaluable details about Caddo tribal life, particularly derived from decorative and engraved pottery retrieved from the Mound, and, for the first time, makes this information available to a wider audience.

Lets Color Some Pottery, original sketchbook ideas and designs for ceramic pottery by New England and Florida based painter and potter Janvier Miller. This is a coloring book for all ages. The drawings are based on drawings for her ceramic pottery designs.
Drawings include sketches of butterflies, boats, fish, birds, circus rings with elephants, acrobats and clowns, beach scenes and cats. Wonderful compositions that include pottery set in a scene. Such as monkey with a bowel, frogs sitting on a vase in a lily pond, a swimmer with a crab plate, and swimming mermaids. Sail boats travel across the page with flags flapping, fish and ducks plates with geese, and beach scenes with kids playing. Get out your crayons and colored pencils for hours of coloring fun.

Learn techniques, tips, and tricks to turn your next clay creation into a stunning sensation Packed with pictures and loaded with ideas, Krafty Kiddos Clay will put you on the road to success Pages are easy and fun to read with concise text and lots of pictures. Read the book in its entirety, jump around, or use it as a reference guide. It's up to you Learn how to make banks, puzzles, vases, and plaques. The projects are FUN, the ideas are SIMPLE, and the techniques are EASY In This Book: - 100 Awesome Ideas - Tips, Tricks & Techniques - Types of Clay - Paint vs Glaze - Mosaics: How To - No Kiln? No Problem - Fire Pits - Troubleshooting Tips ...and so much more Print & E-reader Formats Available Pick up your copy of Krafty Kiddos Clay today

This book is an analysis of a collection of artefacts from the Neolithic period of the southern Levant. Although they have traditionally been identified as human images, the relationship of some of them to naturalistic human anatomy is tenuous, and, drawing on comparative examples from other periods and locations, Estelle Orrelle interprets them as images of Gods. Situating the artefacts in the context of the Neolithic transition, she shows how a Darwinian symbolic origins theory can explain the emergence of this iconography; that it lies in ancient sexual selection strategies, as power relations changed from an original social contract underpinned by female ritual power, to a new social contract driven by competing male elites."

23 full size equine stained glass projects depicting the sport of eventing. Patterns include an all- purpose saddle nightlight, a 3-D log jump, 17 suncatchers representing the dressage, cross-country and stadium phases of eventing, and four Christmas ornaments. Helpful hints, pctures, and instructions for projects are also included.

Colourful and dynamic art inspires me. However, I never expected it to lead me on a life-changing journey. A physical and intellectual journey. Physical because it involved the discovery and examination of vases of extraordinary beauty from Venice and Murano, Italy. Intellectual because it involved deep reflection about the meaning of art and its function as a "repository and conduit of culture." My journey centered around the work of Vittorio Ferro. With a working life in the glass industry of sixty-seven years, he was one of the world's greatest masters of murrine glass. My interest fast became multi-dimensional, I began photographing vases and went to Venice and Murano to find out more. Publishing became important to complete what had become a significant and passionate part of my life. This book records my journey. A "vasegraphy" (va: z-e-grafi) or study of sixty-seven rare murrine vases made by Vittorio Ferro, one-third signed, revealed in a kaleidoscope of Venice and Murano, and my new understanding of art. A photographic journey with a fresh approach to glass.

The work of Pia Burrick isn't coquettish, but genuine.Her stories and images touch, move and sometimes cause uneasiness. Burric's artistic oeuvre can be divided into applied and free work. Her functional applied glass creations are made to measure for specific interiors and complement existing elements. These creations, mostly stained-glass windows, are made using traditional techniques but are nonetheless contemporary in style and most of all in perfect harmony with the space. Her private work is more open, more sober and more powerful.The designs in which she toys with the boundary between figuration and abstraction are most imaginative and convincing. Glass allows working on both sides, opaque or transparent, projecting or reflecting, with or without colour. Burrick experiments with combinations of pure glass, enamel, lead or lead sheets The themes and subjects determine the techniques. Images from around the home, newspaper photos or television stills are often at the base of her objects. Any image that is powerful and sticks in the mind is hung up in the studio, where it waits until it is transformed and takes on its definitive form. Pia Burrick is a remarkable artistic personality who made glass art her favourite form of expression. Text in English and Dutch.

Decorative arts is my passion. Create comfortable spaces for the enjoyment and admiration to whom observe, it's for me indispensable. I studied Interior Design and worked as a Graphic Artist in my own studio through 15 years. In the last years I was taking Museum courses in the University of Puerto Rico and in the Museum and Humanistic Studies of the Turabo University. Creativity is my goal and I understand that it's a must to use this to create decorative pieces with illumination using stained glass. I took a Stained Glass course in the Arts and Crafts Workshop of the University of Puerto Rico and began to design using stained glass as a focal point. I joined my passion for the arts and the stained glass technique to create unique pieces that were decorative and functional. Use stained glass from another perspective is my challenge. I discovered the Arts and Crafts Movement and immediately identified myself with this style. Their distinctive characteristics are simple design, good materials and well done work, because of this, is no wondering that is a fundamental element in interior design until today. I studied the development of the Arts and Crafts Movement and I think that it's a style where many crafts artists and industrial designers can identify and work to contribute for the history of modern furniture and decorative arts in Puerto Rico. I exhort to observe, support and wonder with the work of the crafts artists that today contribute with their work for the enjoyment of the art lovers and collectors. This book is a compilation of my first projects patterns as an artisan. Hope you enjoy the Caribbean Inspirations of my Puerto Rican Culture.

Originally published in 1993, "Great and Noble Jar" was the first authoritative study of South Carolina stoneware--from its beginnings in colonial times and its heyday in the 1850s through the post-Civil War period and the first half of the twentieth century. Folklorist Cinda K. Baldwin examines not only many traditional pottery forms but also the methods by which they were thrown, glazed, decorated, and fired.

Among the topics on which Baldwin focuses are the contributions of slaves and freed blacks to the pottery industry, including the remarkable work of the potter named Dave, who marked his wares with brief verse inscriptions, including this one found on a large food-storage container: "Great & Noble Jar, / hold sheep, goat, and bear."

The book is illustrated with nearly two hundred photographs (including fifteen color plates), maps, and drawings and includes an index of South Carolina potters.

"Looking to discover how to collect antiques?" "Have a passion for antique history?" "Have you uncovered a unique item and want to know the antique appraisal?" This Practical Guide Is Designed To Teach You More About This Amazingly Complex, yet Elegant Simple Hobby. Let me help you take the complexity out of this hobby and show you exactly what it takes to collect antiques like a seasoned veteran. I give you the in-and-outs of this business within this guide. You'll will learn how to finally: Quickly identify antiques and assess the antique appraisal for these unique items.

"Best In Show" offers stained glass artists a beautiful array of patterns for purebred dogs in a variety of poses - from portraits to panels, classic to playful. The book features 35 patterns representing all seven AKC groups. Patterns are available for every level of expertise.