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ROMANIAN CERAMICS - CERAMICS OF HOREZU
Romanian ceramics compiles an experience that dates back to Neolithic times. The �Cucuteni� culture of this period is recognized as having one of the most refined and stylish potteries in all of Europe.
Nowadays, the most famous Romanian pottery is made in and aroung the town of HOREZU, on the riverbed of the river Olt. An age-old craft, modeling clay has become a real art in the hands of old masters, the inhabitants of this breathtaking region.
Everything about this antique art is a family secret and at the same time a family business, since both adult members of the family are usually involved: the man giving shape to the objects and the woman decorating them.
HOREZU pottery is shaped only on the traditional kick-wheel, with simple finishing tools. Its burning is usually made in horizontal stoves using the oxidation technique, thus resulting in red earthenware. Most of the ceramic objects are decorated in delicate, yet powerful geometric and vegetal patterns, artfully painted by the masters’ wives, using 100% natural colors and ancient age old tools such as cow horns and goose feathers.
The traditional glazed ceramic objects are: plates, mugs, pitchers, bowls and even toys and flutes. They display specific colors – usually white, brown, gray, green – and specific designs. The most popular motif for the region is the HOREZU Rooster, but there are other symbolic drawings: the fish, circles, spirals, stars, peacock tails and grain spikes. |
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