Markings

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 This Sunday the word

 Markings 

chosen by dear Ros of Mikey's mum blog for Our Beautiful World sounded a bit difficult for me.
So I looked it up to see what markings means exactly!
Here's what  Merriam-Webster Dictionary says about markings.

• -a mark, shape, or word that is written or drawn on something
• -a mark or pattern of marks on the body of an animal
• - the act or process of giving a grade to a student's work

I really thought I didn't want to take photos of the third definition so I think I'd better stay in the first one as I have no photos for the second either.
So markings in this blogpost are marks, shapes or words written or drawn on something.

I recently went to the Byzantine Museum along with my ceramics teacher George Vavatsis and my classmate Efharis. Our teacher talked to us about the markings the Byzantines made on ceramic vessels and other surfaces and told us to notice all the interesting markings we could see around us in order to incorporate some of them in our future work. We are supposed to show some of these markings on the bowls we made on the wheel!
Taking into consideration that the wheel threw me out instead of my throwing bowls on the wheel I am not sure if I will manage to incorporate any of the markings / patterns we saw but still they were very interesting and beautiful.
There were mosaics

marble inlays

marble sculptures

more mosaics

clay vessels with markings on them

more marble sculptures

glass vessels which I really adore

frescoes

clay vessels

with clear markings of the wheel on them

metal work

 stone sculptures

 paintings on clay vessels

 the kind we are supposed to make

 jewelry

 pots

 metal candle holders

 more beautiful glass

 bowls

 more glass

 more painted bowls

 icons with markings of old age

 church parts

 embroidered church gowns

 I really admired the detailed painting on this icon

 porcelain

metal work

It was a great visit at the museum.

 Followed by coffee at the museum cafe Terra Antiqua

I wonder how all those

markings 

and impressions will end up in my vessels. We will see!
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