Etruskian & Roman influences...

I was in the library last week when my attention fell on some historian books about Etruskian and Roman art. It was a series of books which I took home and had a more detailed look at what the ceramic art was all about in that period. I was most surprised! And during a night my brain came up with some ideas...

On the first picture you can see some drinking saucers, they used to drink wine and other beverages. I made my version, with a little influence of that time. They used to be made either from clay or bronze or other metals. 

The next step will of course be to make an interesting glaze... 

The next picture shows two bowls with just a little touch of decoration I got from the books. As they used a lot of "applied on top decoration" I thought of putting some "nails or bolts". Here aswelle I will need to make a interesting but natural looking glaze...

The last picture shows a goblet that I threw with also applied decorations. Some button like applications. You can clearly see the traces of putty that I used to stick the decorations on the object.

These objects are now drying slowly and will be going in the kiln one of the next weeks for the first "bisque" firing... So a little patience to see the final result in a couple of weeks...

I guess I will glaze all objects in the same glaze, as this is kind of a little collection. If the result is nice, I just might make some more!

Take care and be creative!