Inspirations by ancient ceramic forms in the creativity of professional ceramic artists in Wroclaw

The current paper demonstrates the digital recreation and 3D printing of a missing fragment of an ancient ceramic pottery following digitization using a three dimensional laser scanning. The resulting pointcloud of the laser scans was treated with a series of advanced software for the creation of surfaces and ultimately for a digital model. An analytical methodology is presented revealing the step by step approach, which is an innovative way of recreating a missing fragment. Such approach aims to demonstrate the level of contribution that the ever evolving computer based technologies and 3D printing could bring to cultural heritage. The reverse engineering method presented for the reconstruction of a ceramic pottery, which is a part of the larger field of digital archaeology, is believed to benefit a variety of interested parties including 3D CAD users and designers, archaeologists and museum curators.

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A Comparison of Production of Large Storage Vessels in Two Ancient Ceramic Traditions

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-352-553 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 352 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robert C. Henrickson

Keyword(s):

Ancient Ceramic

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Clay resources in the Nelas region (Beira Alta), Portugal. A contribution to the characterization of potential raw materials for prehistoric ceramic production

Clay Minerals ◽

10.1180/claymin.2010.045.3.353 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 353-370 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

R. Marques ◽

A. Jorge ◽

D. Franco ◽

M. I. Dias ◽

M. I. Prudêncio

Keyword(s):

Chemical Elements ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Bulk Material ◽

Clay Fraction ◽

Size Fraction ◽

Chemical Compositions ◽

River Bank ◽

Clay Size Fraction ◽

Ancient Ceramic

AbstractMineralogical and chemical compositions of residual and sedimentary clays (bulk and <2 μm fraction) from the Nelas region (schist, aplite-pegmatites, granites and Tertiary sediments from both Mondego River margins), Portugal, were studied, aiming to establish indicators for raw materials in ancient ceramic provenance studies. The mineralogy of bulk material does not provide a clear distinction between samples. Among clay minerals, kaolinite dominates, except in the aplite-pegmatites where illite prevails. Smectite was only found in sediments of the left river bank.A more successful result was the geochemical differentiation of clay types. The weathered schist presents greater enrichment in Cr, whereas the clay fraction of aplite-pegmatites shows enrichment in all the chemical elements studied. The sediments and weathered granites are not easy to differentiate; the best geochemical indicators are U (lower contents in clay-size fraction of sediments) and REE patterns in both bulk and clay-size fraction.

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