Potters' Communities in Ancient Greece and the Mediterranean

AS THE WHEEL TURNS: A COLLOQUIUM ON POTTERS' COMMUNITIES IN ANCIENT GREECE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN

November 6, 2014 9:00am-5:00pm

Silver and Sage Room, Old Main (Click Campus Map)

University of Arizona

9:00 Welcoming Remarks

Javier Durán (UA, Spanish and Portuguese, Director of Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry)

Eleni Hasaki (UA, Anthropology/Classics)

Session 1: Philosophers, Potters, Purchasers Chair: David G. Romano (UA, Anthropology)

9:15 Plato on Craft and its Meaning, Julia Annas (UA, Philosophy)

9:35 Innovation and Tradition in the Early Iron Age Pottery of Greece, Mary Voyatzis (UA, Anthropology/Classics)

9:55 Sculpture in Clay: The Techniques of the Ancient Coroplast, Nancy Serwint (ASU, Art History)

10:15 Structure, Process and Purpose of Figure in Clay, Hirotsune Tashima (PCC, Ceramics Program)

Break - Refreshments

Session 2: Practicing at the Wheel Chair: Pamela Vandiver (UA, Material Science Engineering)

11:00 The Skills and Secrets of Ancient Greek Potters, Eleni Hasaki (UA, Anthropology/Classics)

11:20 Why Throw Pots? Andy Iventosch (Potter)

11:40 Exploring the Logic, Gestures, and Skill of Wheel Fashioning in Comparison to Coiling and Wheel Throwing: An Experiment,

Armance Dupont Delaleuf and Kostalena Michelaki (ASU, Human Evolution and Social Change)

12:30 Break

Wheel-Throwing Demonstrations. Clay and other supplies will be available for visitors to throw on

electric and hand-operated wheels from School of Anthropology's Laboratory for Traditional Technology to the South Side of Old Main.

From 2:00pm to the end of the colloquium a selection of Mediterranean Ceramics from the Arizona State Museum (Irene Romano and Mike Jacobs)

and the University of Arizona Museum of Art (Kristen Schmidt) will be on display at the Silver and Sage Room at Old Main

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

14:00 Construction Techniques of Greek Pottery, Toby Schreiber (Potter) Author of Athenian Vase Construction: A Potter’s Analysis, 1999

(downloadable as a pdf from Getty Publications)

Session 3: Graduate Research on Ceramic Production in Greek Antiquity Chair: Daniela Triadan (UA, Anthropology)

14:40 The Manufacture and Technique Behind the Cycladic "Frying Pan", David Pickel (UA, Classics)

15:00 Terracotta Ladies of Ayia Irini, Kea: A Reconstruction and Technical Exploration of the Bronze Age

Large-Scale Statues, Rachel DeLozier (UA, Art History)

15:20 Creating Color in Antiquity: A Technical Analysis and Replication of Corinthian Polychrome Pottery, Jay Stephens (UA, Anthropology)

COLLOQUIUM DISCUSSANT

15:40 Reactions from the Perspective of a Roman Pottery Specialist, Ted Peña (UC Berkeley, Classics)

Break - Refreshments

Session 4: Wheel-throwing Demonstrations and Curatorial Remarks of Mediterranean Ceramics Chair: David Soren (UA Anthropology/Classics)

16:15 Teaching Wheel-Throwing to the Uninitiated, Aurore Chabot (UA, Ceramics Program) - Live demonstration at the South Side of Old Main

16:30 Presentation of Mediterranean Ceramic Objects from the Arizona State Museum

Irene B. Romano and Mike Jacobs (UA, ASM) with Asia Del Bonis-O’Donnell, Emily Prosch, Cara Ramsey, and Kasumazu Suzuki (UA, Classics)

16:45 Concluding Remarks Eleni Hasaki (UA, Anthropology/Classics)

Closest Parking Garages: Tyndall Ave Garage, Main Gate Garage and Second St Garage (click on map)

The colloquium was made possible in part by the Confluence Director's Fund for Excellence, Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry and the Society Outreach Grant of the Archaeological Institute of America. Additional sponsors at the University of Arizona include The School of Anthropology, The Laboratory for Traditional Technology, The Department of Classics, The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The Student/Faculty Interaction Grants Program, the Arizona State Museum, the University of Arizona Museum of Art. Community support is provided by the Hellenic Cultural Foundation.