Making a 9th century Iraqi lustreware bowl replica

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  • Опубліковано 1 січ 2025
  • In 9th century Iraq, potters who could master the lustre technique were considered alchemists - people who could turn dull clay into something almost gold. We teamed up with ceramicist Andrew Hazelden to see if he could recreate a 9th century Iraqi lustre bowl in the British Museum collection.
    To find out more about the original bowl: bit.ly/33t6ca6
    To see this bowl in person, as well as other amazing objects from the historic and contemporary Islamic world, check out The Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic world: bit.ly/3a4TKQf

КОМЕНТАРІ • 38

  • @a.s.4579
    @a.s.4579 4 роки тому +23

    🇮🇶🇮🇶 Hope Iraq will get better soon ! An amazing country where civilisation started ! Respect ! Lots of love from a Tunisian❤️ 🇮🇶🇮🇶

    • @JaneDoe-ci3gj
      @JaneDoe-ci3gj 4 роки тому

      Well said!

    • @ShatterSky_
      @ShatterSky_ 3 роки тому +3

      Thank you so much

    • @sandgrains3418
      @sandgrains3418 3 роки тому +3

      Thank you for this love, I wish you success and happiness, we also love you my greetings 🌹 you from Baghdad, the capital of Iraq,

  • @userxfgtx665fgt34
    @userxfgtx665fgt34 9 місяців тому

    You are amazing carrying the legacy of history regardless of origin but to keep the human momentum of humanity rich intelligence

  • @ZipZipInkspot
    @ZipZipInkspot 4 роки тому +3

    Had wondered sometimes how lustreware was made: appreciated seeing it in action, as well as the calm and atmospheric presentation. Many thanks!

  • @beatrizbaztan7267
    @beatrizbaztan7267 4 роки тому +4

    Marvellous! Art and technique at the same time!

  • @Stephen_Ross_Enniskillen
    @Stephen_Ross_Enniskillen 3 роки тому +1

    Andrew best wishes for your new pottery at Hewins Wood Farm Bradfield, Berkshire. Fantastic lustre bowls and pitchers .

    • @haze004
      @haze004 2 роки тому

      Thank u Stephen I will send you my Xmas show invite

  • @JaneDoe-ci3gj
    @JaneDoe-ci3gj 4 роки тому +2

    I sometimes wish I could go back in time, this is the next best thing! You're very skilled!👍🌞

  • @cherylwasher2845
    @cherylwasher2845 4 роки тому +1

    Lovely video. Thank you so much. The works seen at Mr. Hazelden's website remind me of another British ceramicist who worked during the late 19th C, William de Morgan.

  • @helenangus1675
    @helenangus1675 4 роки тому +1

    Oh wow! What a wonderful process thank you for sharing. Especially interested in the idea and process of introducing fire through the peep hole to reduce oxygen plus the mixing of the glaze. Wow!

  • @annieanne4927
    @annieanne4927 4 роки тому

    Fascinating! So interesting to watch a potter at work and hear about the processes involved - very skilled. Wonderful to think about these processes being invented and used and developed so long ago. Alchemy indeed!

  • @sfowler1017
    @sfowler1017 4 роки тому +1

    This is fascinating. Wonderful work.

  • @willstonvelo8100
    @willstonvelo8100 4 роки тому +4

    Beautiful pots👍👍that looks like a hard technique to master, getting the temps right with the reduction and oxidation

  • @deejayk5939
    @deejayk5939 4 роки тому +1

    Beautiful!

  • @bumblebeebob
    @bumblebeebob 4 роки тому +9

    I know so much about pottery l thought it could only be fired once.
    Thank you for correcting my ignorance.

    • @wexy021
      @wexy021 4 роки тому

      something fun ive come across, Americans refer to the first fire as a Bisque, British call it Biscuit.

    • @sarahknoll9429
      @sarahknoll9429 4 роки тому

      @@wexy021 And while they "turn" the foot, we'll "trim" the foot. I've enjoyed picking up those little differences while watching The Great Pottery Throwdown.

    • @haze004
      @haze004 2 роки тому

      ​@@sarahknoll9429

  • @ELCEV
    @ELCEV 3 роки тому

    Well done 👍.

  • @ecologicaladam7262
    @ecologicaladam7262 4 роки тому +4

    Intriguing... and a beautiful end product... 👍

  • @thunderzos
    @thunderzos 4 роки тому +2

    Iraq have been the center of knowledge specially at Abbasid Caliphate, most of the books and manuscripts been destroyed by The Mongols .. thanks a lot for sharing this informations . Wish you all the best

  • @awkwardzoltar3529
    @awkwardzoltar3529 4 роки тому +1

    Reminds of that pot and copper they found in Iraq that was a battery.

  • @toddellner5283
    @toddellner5283 4 роки тому +1

    How have safety considerations changed the composition of the glazes he uses from ones used then?

    • @JaneDoe-ci3gj
      @JaneDoe-ci3gj 4 роки тому

      Yea I wondered this too?!

    • @haze004
      @haze004 2 роки тому +1

      The only change really is that I don't use lead in the glaze also it's likely the early potters where not aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide while reducing the oxygen

  • @shadowraith1
    @shadowraith1 4 роки тому +4

    An interesting look at pottery history. Thank you.👍 Makes one wonder who was the first who came up with that sequence, or how many centuries it took? :)

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger1342 4 роки тому +1

    Very interesting and worthwhile video. I wonder how many fakes are out there in the marketplace.

  • @АлисаИспирян-т8о
    @АлисаИспирян-т8о 4 роки тому

    можно ли сделать русский язык

  • @harloewestwood4223
    @harloewestwood4223 4 роки тому

    But is it HOLO?

  • @illustriouschin
    @illustriouschin 4 роки тому

    Looks a lot easier than what the Chinese were making.

  • @windhammer1237
    @windhammer1237 4 роки тому +2

    Wasn't it called Persia in the 9th century?

    • @willie_brydon
      @willie_brydon 4 роки тому +6

      Not really, Iraq was right in the centre of the Abbasid Caliphate at the time.

    • @fanofyoutubers9792
      @fanofyoutubers9792 4 роки тому +1

      iran was Persia

    • @sandgrains3418
      @sandgrains3418 3 роки тому +1

      It was called Mesopotamia, black land for the large number of cultivated lands, Babylonian civilization, Assyrian civilization, Iran was called Persia.

  • @ethankorb5593
    @ethankorb5593 4 роки тому +1

    Similarly to me, pottery can also be fired.

  • @SavageHenry777
    @SavageHenry777 4 роки тому +7

    The title is lack-lustre . As first commenter with all appended privileges of that office, I petition a formal re-naming to "bowling with Andy- UNINTENTIAL ASMR - 440 GHZ HEALING FREQUENCIES FOR HEALTH WHILE STUDYING" and have him slide his finger around the bowl rim like an idiot.