The art of making medieval ceramics
\nCaught my eye
\nThe restoration of ancient skills
\nAnd now we can apply
\nThe simple things around us
\nWithout the need to use
\nModern applications
\nReally how to fuse<\/p>\n
The art of skill and patience
\nWith common river clay
\nWater and manure
\nIs pounded in a way
\nBy the feet of the artisan
\nFor 4o minutes he
\nMixes up the ingredients
\nWith his dance as we can see<\/p>\n
Get some granite clippings
\nMix for half an hour
\nMake a wheel a simple potters wheel
\nAnd Use your power<\/p>\n
Gentle as you mould the clay
\nAnd add the sausage lengths
\nAnd gradually build up the pot
\nUsing all your strengths
\nGently demonstrating
\nThe elasticity
\nAnd forming a real lovely pot
\nFor anyone to see<\/p>\n
A tinder fire is started
\nSome wood and some charcoal
\nGet it really white hot
\nAnd place the pots
\nThe role
\nof fire will bake
\nThe natural clay and harden it
\n2 hours and 40 minutes
\nGives it that true feel
\nMaybe it is archaic but
\nIt is very real<\/p>\n
All done by hand
\nAnd outside in the forest maybe where
\nIt was healthy it was gentle
\nBreathing natural air
\nWorking with light and patience
\nBuilding up the skill
\nAnd all done without
\nCompromising energy
\nThe will<\/p>\n
To do this and see the results
\nHas a lot of meaning for we
\nCan do these things
\nAnd awaken the art
\nAnd that is key
\nWhich truly brings
\nA greater satisfaction
\nInto this present day
\nFor we can make our own pots
\nAnd the planet doesn’t pay<\/p>\n
Reviving ancient crafts
\nIs good
\nIt’s curative and healing
\nIt liberates in many ways
\nAnd, it is revealing
\nTalents that you had
\nAnd can develop
\nMore each day
\nTo revive and repair
\nAnd to be aware
\nOf your own skills
\nThat will pay. Dividends<\/p>\n
Thank you to Ovcharenko Aleksey
\nSomewhere in Moscow Russia
\nFor making this little film and showing us
\nThat it is possible with a little and effort
\nTo do wonderful things on this earth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The art of making medieval ceramics Caught my eye The restoration of ancient skills And now we can apply The simple things around us Without the need to use Modern applications Really how to fuse The art of skill and … Continue reading