{"id":11403,"date":"2016-10-02T10:35:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T14:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=11403"},"modified":"2017-04-15T22:11:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T02:11:23","slug":"ceramic-shards-and-inventive-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=11403","title":{"rendered":"Ceramic shards and inventive repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was about 10\u00a0years old, I started collecting ceramic shards gathered during\u00a0my daily journey\u00a0to school. It was a 1 mile trek from my house on Elmwood Place to Glenwood Elementary School and a favorite route of mine was to cut through the Hartshorn Arboretum. It was more fun to follow the creek rather than the walking path, and it was there that I began finding and filling my pockets with bits and pieces of\u00a0broken pottery and porcelain. I kept my treasures in an old cigar box on a shelf above my desk. A few years later when the box became full\u00a0I decided\u00a0to glue the pieces to an old\u00a0glass bottle, creating a ceramic patchwork. I\u00a0was pleased with my creation and thrilled that\u00a0my parents let me display it\u00a0alongside their highly regarded\u00a0Chinese porcelain, mercury glass and English pottery\u00a0pieces. Little did I know at the time that my childhood collection of ceramic shards would plant a seed that would take root years later and blossom into my collecting broken ceramics with inventive repairs. A better way of using creation could have been by adding some lighting from <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.modern.place\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #32373c;\">Modern Place modern lighting<\/span><\/a> it for sure would have been the best.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11422\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11422\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11422\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"2013-1\" width=\"400\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013-1-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013-1-1-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My ceramic patchwork bottle\u00a0sits in the back on the middle shelf.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11421\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11421\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11421\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013-1-Version-5.jpg\" alt=\"2013-1-version-5\" width=\"326\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013-1-Version-5.jpg 326w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013-1-Version-5-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013-1-Version-5-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now it seems that ceramic shards are finally getting the attention they deserve. The recently published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/London-Fragments-Treasures-Ted-Sandling\/dp\/0711237875\"><em>London in Fragments<\/em><\/a> by Ted Sandling is filled with wonderful photos showcasing artifacts found\u00a0along the River Thames. Each relic gives insight into the lives of those who tossed their\u00a0unwanted household items into London&#8217;s ultimate detritus depot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11423\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11423\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11423\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/376052ED00000578-3747729-image-a-21_1471551895219.jpg\" alt=\"376052ed00000578-3747729-image-a-21_1471551895219\" width=\"400\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/376052ED00000578-3747729-image-a-21_1471551895219.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/376052ED00000578-3747729-image-a-21_1471551895219-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Across\u00a0the pond is\u00a0Alban Horry, an\u00a0archeologist, or more precisely a ceramologist: one who studies\u00a0ceramics and pottery. He lives in Lyon, France, and works at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inrap.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">INRAP<\/a>,\u00a0the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research, studying\u00a0ceramics from the Middle Age to 20th century\u00a0found in excavations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11413\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11413\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11413\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13346502_986182408145474_2626157761722465849_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"13346502_986182408145474_2626157761722465849_n\" width=\"400\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13346502_986182408145474_2626157761722465849_n-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13346502_986182408145474_2626157761722465849_n-1-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11411\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11411\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11411\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12003936_844858112277905_4533491194201354285_n.jpg\" alt=\"12003936_844858112277905_4533491194201354285_n\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12003936_844858112277905_4533491194201354285_n.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12003936_844858112277905_4533491194201354285_n-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11412\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11412\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11412\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12791004_926453324118383_9149275986583646792_n.jpg\" alt=\"12791004_926453324118383_9149275986583646792_n\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12791004_926453324118383_9149275986583646792_n.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12791004_926453324118383_9149275986583646792_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12791004_926453324118383_9149275986583646792_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11417\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11417\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11417\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13076653_963251313771917_7724005923734578988_n.jpg\" alt=\"13076653_963251313771917_7724005923734578988_n\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13076653_963251313771917_7724005923734578988_n.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13076653_963251313771917_7724005923734578988_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13076653_963251313771917_7724005923734578988_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Horry has written 2 books on the subject, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Poteries-Lyon-1500-1850-quotidien-St-Georges\/dp\/284147299X\/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8\"><em>Poteries de Lyon 1500-1850<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11424\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11424\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11424\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/47277540_9941938.jpg\" alt=\"47277540_9941938\" width=\"400\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/47277540_9941938.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/47277540_9941938-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was about 10\u00a0years old, I started collecting ceramic shards gathered during\u00a0my daily journey\u00a0to school. It was a 1 mile trek from my house on Elmwood Place to Glenwood Elementary School and a favorite route of mine was to cut through the Hartshorn Arboretum. It was more fun to follow the creek rather than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11403"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12152,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11403\/revisions\/12152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}