Hewison R. Neil
Hewison R. Neil - Fayoum Pottery Ceramic Arts And Crafts In An Egyptian Oasis - Hardcover
Hewison R. Neil - Fayoum Pottery Ceramic Arts And Crafts In An Egyptian Oasis - Hardcover
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Description: Named A BEST NEW Pottery BOOK TO READ IN 2022 BY THE BOOK Authority Lavishly illustrated with over 250 full - color photographs of unique designs and rare methods providing an in - depth look at the pottery produced in the Fayoum The Fayoum a broad fertile depression in Egypt's Western Desert known for its great salt lake its rich green fields and its unique pharaonic and Greco - Roman remains is also home to three very different centers of pottery production. The potters of Kom Oshim specialize in decorated garden pots and other utilitarian ware and guard the special secret of how to make the largest clay vessels in Egypt up to an extraordinary two and a half meters tall. At al - Nazla ancient traditions are kept alive as members of a single extended family continue to use millennia - old techniques passed down from generation to generation hand - forming among other things their distinctive spherical water jars with amazing dexterity and speed. In the small village of Tunis the establishment of a pottery school by a Swiss couple in 1990 led to a complete transformation and the village now hosts more than twenty - five pottery workshops and showrooms whose products are sold in Cairo London and New York. In this lively insight into a varied and vital craft the author reveals the stories of the three villages and the skilled potters who make their living there looking at how they learned their trade and how they work from the preparation of the clay to the formation of the pots on the wheel or by hand to the decoration the glazing and the firing and finally to the display or distribution and sale of the finished product. For past and future travelers to Egypt lovers of the craft of pottery practitioners and collectors this beautifully illustrated exploration of the ceramics of the Fayoum will inspire and enchant.
Title: Fayoum Pottery Ceramic Arts And Crafts In An Egyptian Oasis
Author(s): Hewison R. Neil
Publisher: American University In Cairo Press
Barcode: 9781649031327
Pages: 192 Pages, 258 Color And 6 B&W Illus.
Publication Date: 12/7/2021
Category: Pottery, Ceramics & Glass Crafts
Description: Named A BEST NEW Pottery BOOK TO READ IN 2022 BY THE BOOK Authority Lavishly illustrated with over 250 full - color photographs of unique designs and rare methods providing an in - depth look at the pottery produced in the Fayoum The Fayoum a broad fertile depression in Egypt's Western Desert known for its great salt lake its rich green fields and its unique pharaonic and Greco - Roman remains is also home to three very different centers of pottery production. The potters of Kom Oshim specialize in decorated garden pots and other utilitarian ware and guard the special secret of how to make the largest clay vessels in Egypt up to an extraordinary two and a half meters tall. At al - Nazla ancient traditions are kept alive as members of a single extended family continue to use millennia - old techniques passed down from generation to generation hand - forming among other things their distinctive spherical water jars with amazing dexterity and speed. In the small village of Tunis the establishment of a pottery school by a Swiss couple in 1990 led to a complete transformation and the village now hosts more than twenty - five pottery workshops and showrooms whose products are sold in Cairo London and New York. In this lively insight into a varied and vital craft the author reveals the stories of the three villages and the skilled potters who make their living there looking at how they learned their trade and how they work from the preparation of the clay to the formation of the pots on the wheel or by hand to the decoration the glazing and the firing and finally to the display or distribution and sale of the finished product. For past and future travelers to Egypt lovers of the craft of pottery practitioners and collectors this beautifully illustrated exploration of the ceramics of the Fayoum will inspire and enchant.
Title: Fayoum Pottery Ceramic Arts And Crafts In An Egyptian Oasis
Author(s): Hewison R. Neil
Publisher: American University In Cairo Press
Barcode: 9781649031327
Pages: 192 Pages, 258 Color And 6 B&W Illus.
Publication Date: 12/7/2021
Category: Pottery, Ceramics & Glass Crafts
