gaaf ontwerp!

Thank you :) They are in the kiln right now. Always exciting!

Such a kind comment! Thank you very much :)

I very much need to go there, even if it's just to say hello to the jug that I based this one on, and also to a stag shaped aquamanile. I love creature shaped pottery 😅

Yes, with bisque molds.

Thank you. I made both for the first time. The green guy was easy but the relief jug took me some time! I based it on a misfired piece from the 14th century.

Fascinating! I do wonder if Bellini would've liked his creative process to be exposed like this... I suppose he had his reasons to finish the painting the way he did.

So you would expect that even this special Bartmann jug was made in a series. But I haven't seen another one! Until I made this replica. Now there's a chance for me to continue the Bartmann tradition with series of this dude... and other Bartmann jugs of course!

Although... they were made with moulds! Not one huge mould to cast the whole thing but smaller ones for different details. The jugs themselves where first thrown on the potter's wheel and then decorated with thin sheets of clay that were pressed in those moulds.
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#experimentalarcheology

Now back to the full body Bartmann jug that I started with. The one with the pewter lid is the original that was probably made between 1525-1550 in Cologne. It's now in the Victoria and Albert museum. Bartmann jugs came in many varieties but this one, with a body and hands, is quite unique.

Here's a typical 17th century Bartmann (replica again). It's angry and it has every reason: in the 17th century, the Bartmann jug is more and more considered a storage jar instead of a prestigious jug to put on the table.