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Ancient African Nok Pottery Head of Bearded Man

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Ancient African Nok Pottery Head of Bearded Man

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Description: A hollow and coil built-like pottery, made from local clays and gravel, pieced together by eroded slip (creates grainy texture).
Artist(s): Unknown (found in a village in Nigeria in 1947)
Date: 500 B.C.–200 A.D.
1. What caught your attention about this piece?
- The creativity and fine textures
2. How would you create something like this?
- I would focus more on the structure and textures to define the look

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Description: Used for centuries by folk artists as decor for ceramics/carved wooden furniture. Occasionally appears on stamps.
Artist: Dominique Pouchain
Date: 1848
1. What caught your attention about this piece?
- Simplistic, used for important occasions
2. How would you create something like this?
- I would focus on holding up the pieces to keep them from falling and find colours that match each other.

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Description: Hand-sculpted stoneware clay (fired in kiln at least twice)
Artist: Denise Romecki
Date: 2015
1. What caught your attention about this piece?
- Executed perfectly.
2. How would you create something like this?
- I would start off by creating the wave arch, and then I would go in with the details and colours.

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How are the three pieces similar?
- All have a structure that needs to be held up in a certain way
- All provide significant details
- All tell a story
In what ways are they different?
- They all have different purposes when being made:
1. Built as a community
2. Tradition
3. For an audience
How would a viewer know that these pieces were made at different times in history?
- They could tell from the different colours and techniques used for different times they were made.