EXHIBITION Clay for today | Morning Star
Oxford Ceramics Gallery PRODUCING utilitarian ceramic vessels is one the most ancient and well-documented human activities. Archaeologists digging at any site anywhere in the world prioritise, above all else, locating pottery as a trusted source of information. The word ceramic derives from the Greek “keramos” meaning pottery, or a potter, and its Sanskrit root used to mean “burnt stuff.” Hence ceramic describes objects which have been formed with clay, hardened by firing and decorated or glazed. A kitchen dating back 20,000 years was unearthed in a cave in China in the early 2000s, w...
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