Xander Rijkee
@dreamsofclay.bsky.social
Sustainability, physics, pottery, living history, the art of tea, traditional dance and music, imagination...
I am not going to think about it... just post whatever I like at the moment...
I am not going to think about it... just post whatever I like at the moment...
A Pingsdorf pitcher as a medieval hand sanitizer…
#medieval #reenactment #livinghistory #pottery #historicalceramics #history #experimentalarcheology
#medieval #reenactment #livinghistory #pottery #historicalceramics #history #experimentalarcheology
April 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A Pingsdorf pitcher as a medieval hand sanitizer…
#medieval #reenactment #livinghistory #pottery #historicalceramics #history #experimentalarcheology
#medieval #reenactment #livinghistory #pottery #historicalceramics #history #experimentalarcheology
Pilgrims horns drying in the sun…
These were sold in great quantity to pilgrims from the 12th century onward. They are not really musical instruments, more “noise make toys” but they do that very well!
I made a few of the very early ones and the spiral ones are 15-16th century
#medieval #pottery
These were sold in great quantity to pilgrims from the 12th century onward. They are not really musical instruments, more “noise make toys” but they do that very well!
I made a few of the very early ones and the spiral ones are 15-16th century
#medieval #pottery
March 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A little tune for my birthday…
Played on my DIY Talharpa… the tune is called Långdans Från Sollerön
#talharpa #tagelharpa #jouhikko #swedishfolkmusic #scandi #medieval #livinghistory
Played on my DIY Talharpa… the tune is called Långdans Från Sollerön
#talharpa #tagelharpa #jouhikko #swedishfolkmusic #scandi #medieval #livinghistory
March 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A little tune for my birthday…
Played on my DIY Talharpa… the tune is called Långdans Från Sollerön
#talharpa #tagelharpa #jouhikko #swedishfolkmusic #scandi #medieval #livinghistory
Played on my DIY Talharpa… the tune is called Långdans Från Sollerön
#talharpa #tagelharpa #jouhikko #swedishfolkmusic #scandi #medieval #livinghistory
Tea and teaware
Making product photos for tea and teaware. Not a process I particularly enjoy… I prefer drinking tea and making pots… but it must be done
This is a reduction ash glazed bowl and a purple bud red tea
#tea #pottery #teaware #ceramics #gongfucha #teabowl #productphotography
Making product photos for tea and teaware. Not a process I particularly enjoy… I prefer drinking tea and making pots… but it must be done
This is a reduction ash glazed bowl and a purple bud red tea
#tea #pottery #teaware #ceramics #gongfucha #teabowl #productphotography
February 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Tea and teaware
Making product photos for tea and teaware. Not a process I particularly enjoy… I prefer drinking tea and making pots… but it must be done
This is a reduction ash glazed bowl and a purple bud red tea
#tea #pottery #teaware #ceramics #gongfucha #teabowl #productphotography
Making product photos for tea and teaware. Not a process I particularly enjoy… I prefer drinking tea and making pots… but it must be done
This is a reduction ash glazed bowl and a purple bud red tea
#tea #pottery #teaware #ceramics #gongfucha #teabowl #productphotography
My version of builders tea 😁
These Gaiwans were glazed with a simple ash glaze and fired to cone 10 in oxidation
#gaiwan #tea #gongfucha #pottery #ceramics #builderstea
These Gaiwans were glazed with a simple ash glaze and fired to cone 10 in oxidation
#gaiwan #tea #gongfucha #pottery #ceramics #builderstea
February 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
My version of builders tea 😁
These Gaiwans were glazed with a simple ash glaze and fired to cone 10 in oxidation
#gaiwan #tea #gongfucha #pottery #ceramics #builderstea
These Gaiwans were glazed with a simple ash glaze and fired to cone 10 in oxidation
#gaiwan #tea #gongfucha #pottery #ceramics #builderstea
I don’t understand vases…
This one turned out well but it mostly reminds me of the importance of having a deep understanding of the functional criteria of what you make.
I have that for teaware… but not for vases
#pottery #craftmanship #craft #ceramics #porcelain
This one turned out well but it mostly reminds me of the importance of having a deep understanding of the functional criteria of what you make.
I have that for teaware… but not for vases
#pottery #craftmanship #craft #ceramics #porcelain
February 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I don’t understand vases…
This one turned out well but it mostly reminds me of the importance of having a deep understanding of the functional criteria of what you make.
I have that for teaware… but not for vases
#pottery #craftmanship #craft #ceramics #porcelain
This one turned out well but it mostly reminds me of the importance of having a deep understanding of the functional criteria of what you make.
I have that for teaware… but not for vases
#pottery #craftmanship #craft #ceramics #porcelain
Side handle teapot with cups
I made this a long time ago but am still in love with the natural color of the clay
A wooden handle feels very natural and helps with focus, but they take a lot of time to make
#tea #gongfucha #pottery #ceramics #meditation
I made this a long time ago but am still in love with the natural color of the clay
A wooden handle feels very natural and helps with focus, but they take a lot of time to make
#tea #gongfucha #pottery #ceramics #meditation
February 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Side handle teapot with cups
I made this a long time ago but am still in love with the natural color of the clay
A wooden handle feels very natural and helps with focus, but they take a lot of time to make
#tea #gongfucha #pottery #ceramics #meditation
I made this a long time ago but am still in love with the natural color of the clay
A wooden handle feels very natural and helps with focus, but they take a lot of time to make
#tea #gongfucha #pottery #ceramics #meditation
Experiments fail…
I made this gaiwan… I love how it looks and feels… but the glaze is horrible for tea 😬
Back to the drawing board…
#tea #gongfucha #ceramics #pottery #gaiwan
I made this gaiwan… I love how it looks and feels… but the glaze is horrible for tea 😬
Back to the drawing board…
#tea #gongfucha #ceramics #pottery #gaiwan
January 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Experiments fail…
I made this gaiwan… I love how it looks and feels… but the glaze is horrible for tea 😬
Back to the drawing board…
#tea #gongfucha #ceramics #pottery #gaiwan
I made this gaiwan… I love how it looks and feels… but the glaze is horrible for tea 😬
Back to the drawing board…
#tea #gongfucha #ceramics #pottery #gaiwan
I don’t often make gongfu cha teapots… you can’t really beat Zisha after all… but sometimes I do it anyway…
Both cups and pot are glazed with shino and reduction fired to cone 12
#tea #pottery #ceramics #gongfucha #shino
Both cups and pot are glazed with shino and reduction fired to cone 12
#tea #pottery #ceramics #gongfucha #shino
January 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I don’t often make gongfu cha teapots… you can’t really beat Zisha after all… but sometimes I do it anyway…
Both cups and pot are glazed with shino and reduction fired to cone 12
#tea #pottery #ceramics #gongfucha #shino
Both cups and pot are glazed with shino and reduction fired to cone 12
#tea #pottery #ceramics #gongfucha #shino
Tea bowl during a winter tea meditation… I usually make bowls for regular use when drinking tea, but sometimes it is nice to have a unique piece for a private moment
Fired in reduction to come 12 with “tree bark” effect emphasised by iron oxide and simple ash glaze on the inside
#pottery #tea
Fired in reduction to come 12 with “tree bark” effect emphasised by iron oxide and simple ash glaze on the inside
#pottery #tea
January 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
My sculpting days are mostly over… but a throwback is nice sometimes!
(I threw the teapot on a potters wheel… the lid doesn’t come off but otherwise it is functional)
#ceramics #pottery #sculpture #gongfucha #tea
(I threw the teapot on a potters wheel… the lid doesn’t come off but otherwise it is functional)
#ceramics #pottery #sculpture #gongfucha #tea
January 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My sculpting days are mostly over… but a throwback is nice sometimes!
(I threw the teapot on a potters wheel… the lid doesn’t come off but otherwise it is functional)
#ceramics #pottery #sculpture #gongfucha #tea
(I threw the teapot on a potters wheel… the lid doesn’t come off but otherwise it is functional)
#ceramics #pottery #sculpture #gongfucha #tea
Very awesome comparison between horsehair and dacron strings on a Talharpa... also the playing in impressively consistent... bit blown away by it really...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMZV...
#tagelharpa #talharpa #eldrim #horsehair
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMZV...
#tagelharpa #talharpa #eldrim #horsehair
Dacron vs Horse tail strings
YouTube video by ELDRIM
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Very awesome comparison between horsehair and dacron strings on a Talharpa... also the playing in impressively consistent... bit blown away by it really...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMZV...
#tagelharpa #talharpa #eldrim #horsehair
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMZV...
#tagelharpa #talharpa #eldrim #horsehair
Channeling my inner Shepard… practicing on the seljefløyte / willow flute at middeleeuws erf de Bergkamp last summer… this was my first flute and PVC… but the sound is suitably ancient!
#koncovka #sälgflöjt #overtoneflute
#koncovka #sälgflöjt #overtoneflute
November 24, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Channeling my inner Shepard… practicing on the seljefløyte / willow flute at middeleeuws erf de Bergkamp last summer… this was my first flute and PVC… but the sound is suitably ancient!
#koncovka #sälgflöjt #overtoneflute
#koncovka #sälgflöjt #overtoneflute
Time for some music and Talharpa appreciation...
Awesome tune played by Daniel Pettersson (Polska efter J Bruun)
I am learning it... but... it is so much harder than he makes it look 😬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6P8...
#tagelharpa
Awesome tune played by Daniel Pettersson (Polska efter J Bruun)
I am learning it... but... it is so much harder than he makes it look 😬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6P8...
#tagelharpa
Polska efter J Bruun
YouTube video by Daniel Pettersson-Spelman
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Time for some music and Talharpa appreciation...
Awesome tune played by Daniel Pettersson (Polska efter J Bruun)
I am learning it... but... it is so much harder than he makes it look 😬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6P8...
#tagelharpa
Awesome tune played by Daniel Pettersson (Polska efter J Bruun)
I am learning it... but... it is so much harder than he makes it look 😬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6P8...
#tagelharpa
The earliest depiction of a bowed lyre (bottom left) in the Werden psalter 1030-1060 AD)
I would really like to know what they were playing…
#medievalmusic #Talharpa #tagelharpa #jouhikko
I would really like to know what they were playing…
#medievalmusic #Talharpa #tagelharpa #jouhikko
November 23, 2024 at 9:41 AM
The earliest depiction of a bowed lyre (bottom left) in the Werden psalter 1030-1060 AD)
I would really like to know what they were playing…
#medievalmusic #Talharpa #tagelharpa #jouhikko
I would really like to know what they were playing…
#medievalmusic #Talharpa #tagelharpa #jouhikko
The original Dorestad lamp would have been used like this… but they aren’t very safe if you haven’t been using open oil lamps your entire life… so I make smaller versions filled with (scented) candle wax, for people who don’t want to burn their house down…
#dorestad #oillamp #ceramics #history
#dorestad #oillamp #ceramics #history
November 22, 2024 at 12:01 PM
November 22, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Working hard to make some more medieval pottery for the Archeon Midwinterfair… (but to be fair… not on this wheel, I am using my electric one)
November 21, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Working hard to make some more medieval pottery for the Archeon Midwinterfair… (but to be fair… not on this wheel, I am using my electric one)