Comenius Project 2010/2011

Bordeaux

CERAMICSThe Bordeaux area is well known for its great wines, but with this clayey

earth local people also make pottery.

Learning about ceramics has allowed us to :

Go back in history Discover modern ceramic art Learn about crafts Explain what we have learnt by writing in a

journalistic style Develop our knowledge by observing fine

ceramics from different countries.

Going back in time

The town of Saint-Emilion has an underground pottery museum.

We went back in time with a guided tour of the museum and learnt about the uses of ceramic objects in past times.

Objects in the museum :water jugs, oil jars, jars for storing meat in oil, vinegar bottles,

alcohol flasks...

Contemporary ceramic art in the museum Artist Sophie Combres

Paintings on cermaic spheres

A Craftsman in the village of Sadirac

The village of Sadirac was once a village of potters. The local earth was used to make ceramic objects

Meeting and watching a potter was a moving experience.

We watched him making different objects.

In Sadirac we also made some ceramic objects : jugs and cups

Museum of Decorative ArtMuseum of Decorative ArtBORDEAUXBORDEAUX

The museum is set in a bourgeois home dating from the 18th Century

Apothecary jar,Made in Bordeaux

Jars for medicinal plants and tabacco

Delft ceramics

in Bordeaux

Porcelain from Bordeaux

Monogrammed porcelain