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    Pottery has a long history dating back to prehistoric times. Archaeological evidence shows that pottery artifacts have survived for millennia. Pottery is made through shaping clay into vessels, primarily for consumption, using hands and various tools. In many ancient cultures, pottery was considered a sacred craft and potters were seen as having magical powers. In Bulgaria, pottery traditions were passed down within families and the craft was seen as requiring natural talent from God. Several prominent pottery centers emerged in Bulgaria in the 19th century, each developing distinctive styles, shapes and decorative techniques. Pottery served both practical and artistic purposes, with vessels often featuring intricate painted designs that also had symbolic meanings.

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    Pottery has a long history dating back to prehistoric times. Archaeological evidence shows that pottery artifacts have survived for millennia. Pottery is made through shaping clay into vessels, primarily for consumption, using hands and various tools. In many ancient cultures, pottery was considered a sacred craft and potters were seen as having magical powers. In Bulgaria, pottery traditions were passed down within families and the craft was seen as requiring natural talent from God. Several prominent pottery centers emerged in Bulgaria in the 19th century, each developing distinctive styles, shapes and decorative techniques. Pottery served both practical and artistic purposes, with vessels often featuring intricate painted designs that also had symbolic meanings.

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    Pottery has a long history dating back to prehistoric times. Archaeological evidence shows that pottery artifacts have survived for millennia. Pottery is made through shaping clay into vessels, primarily for consumption, using hands and various tools. In many ancient cultures, pottery was considered a sacred craft and potters were seen as having magical powers. In Bulgaria, pottery traditions were passed down within families and the craft was seen as requiring natural talent from God. Several prominent pottery centers emerged in Bulgaria in the 19th century, each developing distinctive styles, shapes and decorative techniques. Pottery served both practical and artistic purposes, with vessels often featuring intricate painted designs that also had symbolic meanings.

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    POTTERY

    Krasimira Krasteva XIa


    POTTERY
    ◦ Pottery is an artisan technology for the
    production of ceramics in which clay is shaped
    into vessels, primarily for consumption.
    ◦ A person involved in pottery is called a potter.
    ◦ His main tool is his hands, although many
    other tools have been created in the history of
    pottery, such as the potter's wheel, various
    spatulas, shaping and cutting tools, rollers.
    HISTOR
    Y
    ◦ A large part of the history of pottery dates ◦ In antiquity, the master potter purified the raw material
    back to the prehistoric period, of which there from the influence of evil forces. This is how clay became
    is no written record. fit to serve man. That is probably why in the mythology of
    ◦ Therefore, the history of pottery is mainly many nations (India, Mesopotamia, Egypt) the god is a
    potter or a cultural hero who creates people from clay and
    based on archaeological sources.
    water.
    ◦ Because ceramics and pots are made of
    ◦ The myth also exists in the biblical legend of the creation
    durable materials, they have managed to
    survive for millennia as archaeological of the world and is very close to the ideas about the magical
    monuments. power of the master blacksmith, handling the purifying
    element of fire.
    Bulgarian
    folklore
    In Bulgarian folklore, the
    work of the potter is sacred.
    According to popular belief,
    the mastery of this craft is a
    secret that is jealously
    guarded in the family. Only
    in the 18th and 19th
    centuries, this usual norm
    was broken and "foreign
    people" entered the craft.
    According to the Bulgarian
    people, mastering the craft
    requires not only hard work
    and diligence, but also a
    "gift of God".
    Gabrovo
    ◦ At the beginning of the 19th century, several
    prominent centers were formed among the
    ubiquitous pottery. By the middle of the
    century, the craft in Troyan, Gabrovo, Berkovitsa
    Berkovitsa, Razlog, Aytos, the villages of
    Busintsi, Sofia, Chiprovtsi, etc. is in bloom.
    ◦ The developed sale at different ends leads to Razlog
    mutual influence of technologies and artistic
    principles.
    ◦ However, specific preferences for shapes,
    manner of decoration, and color range are
    preserved in individual regions.
    Aytos

    Troyan Chiprovtsi
    ◦ Some pottery is undecorated and unglazed. But others - pitchers, pans, krondirs, bowls - are
    real works of art. They are decorated with mineral paints in colors known from the Middle
    Ages: yellow, green, brown, red.
    ◦ Vessels from Chiprovsko overflow in shades of yellow and green, and those from Troyansko -
    in free-flowing drops of white and brown.
    ◦ During the Renaissance, sgraffito-ceramic medieval decoration was alive in Tarnovsko. With
    the help of a sharp object - a stick or a needle - geometric and plant motifs are drawn on the
    still wet vessel with white engobe, and rarely - animal images.
    ◦ The natural color of the clay is kept. There are also examples with plastic decoration. The
    ornament protrudes above the body of the vessel, and for this purpose it is additionally glued.
    THANK YOU FOR
    YOUR ATTENTION
    The motifs follow the general traditions of folk art, deeply connected to folk beliefs. In
    ceramics, not only the images of snakes, rosettes, concentric circles or crosses perform a
    magical function, but also the color. So, for example, magic can only be done in a green pot,
    and those suffering from the "self-wild disease" drink water only from a green pot.

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