03.12.21

I've been trying to build on some of the ideas I've been playing with instead of going on another tangent. I started looking the elements of my work I enjoy the most and the double spout on the 'AMPULLA 1633' piece is one of those things. This brought me to other double spouted objects spesifically the Peruvian double spout and bridge vessels from around 900-1400CE. I plan on creating more double spouted pieces inspired by a mix of these and the Charles I coronation ampulla. They will be more refined, carefully constructed and using more advanced ceramic techniques as well as a plan to develop interesting textures and patterns. I'm also going to be developing the cross pattern by printing on some of my treated fabrics and as well as seeing how else I can develop the pattern itself. 

 

Double Spouted Miniature Silver Vessel, 11th–12th century, Peru

 

The Double Spout and Bridge Vessel 

The double spout and bridge vessel was a form of usually ceramic drinking container developed sometime before 500 BC by indigenous groups on the Peruvian coast. True to its name, this type of bottle is distinguished by two spouts with a handle bridging them. First used by the Paracas culture, it was later adopted by the Nazca. While at first the Paracas tended to incise designs derived from the art of the Chavin culture on the surface of the vessels, later on they began to treat the vessel as a sculptural form, an advance facilitated by developments in ceramic technology that allowed them construct vessels with thinner walls^, This tradition was continued by the Nazca, whose vessels were elaborately figurative and decorated with polychrome glazes.

 

Chimú bridge handle, double spout vessel 1000 CE Peru