Comenius Project 2010/2011 Bordeaux
CERAMICS The 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 Art BORDEAUX The museum is set in a bourgeois home dating from the 18 th Century
Apothecary jar, Made in Bordeaux Jars for medicinal plants and tabacco
Delft ceramics in Bordeaux
Porcelain from Bordeaux
Monogrammed porcelain