Repairing ceramics: Functional and Artistic
Conference Year
January 2019
Abstract
This poster examines the ways in which both ancient and contemporary cultures repair their pottery and what repairs say about particular vessels. Why would a person repair it rather than making a new one? The poster also tracks the stylistic ways cultures repair vessels and whether the presence of reparation decreases the value/usefulness of the vessel in any way.
Primary Faculty Mentor Name
Scott Van Keuren
Status
Undergraduate
Student College
College of Arts and Sciences
Program/Major
Anthropology
Second Program/Major
Classics/Classical Civilization
Primary Research Category
Arts & Humanities
Repairing ceramics: Functional and Artistic
This poster examines the ways in which both ancient and contemporary cultures repair their pottery and what repairs say about particular vessels. Why would a person repair it rather than making a new one? The poster also tracks the stylistic ways cultures repair vessels and whether the presence of reparation decreases the value/usefulness of the vessel in any way.