
The word ceramic
The word ceramic can be traced back to the Greek term keramos, meaning “a potter” or “pottery”. Keramos in turn is related to an older Sanskrit root meaning “to burn.” Thus the early Greeks used the term to mean “burned stuff” or “burned earth” when referring to…
Pablo Picasso - clay sculpting
Already world famous for his paintings, and with his notorious Blue, Rose and Cubism periods behind him, Picasso started to learn the art of clay sculpting in 1948. He worked at the Madoura pottery works in the small Cote d’Azur town of Vallauris. Picasso lived there for seven years…