Today my class drove to Chiusi and the Kamars ceramic studio. Kamars is the Etruscan name of this area. This studio makes beautiful works using ancient techniques, including the clays and pigments.
Flavio Foderini, seen in the back here, has been running the family business since his dad handed it over to him. Here he is presenting a work to Pope Francis:
Flavio is glorious, with fantastic forearms, beautiful hands and a great sense of humor. He gave us a lesson in clays and pigments, an overview of Etruscan design, and then set us to work:
With my plate, I'm afraid I went a little Grecian.... it's not exactly Etruscan.... but oh well:
Tonight he is going to fire them and on Friday, our last day of class, we get them! Yay!
Are they playing leap frog?
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