Potter, sculptor and painter living in Nijmegen. Sometimes I make my own designs. you can find them here: www.aebele.com
Sometimes I make replicas of historical pottery. You can find those here: www.atelierable.nl
Aebele Trijsburg
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Fresh #pottery handmade after #medieval and early modern originals
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A new #art piece in progress. These are my father's and my own faces combined.
A two-faced head is also seen in #Janus, the #Roman god of transitions, new beginnings and doorways. Without knowing, we use his name often in our month #January.
#pottery #clay #sculpture
Aebele Trijsburg
The owl was used for all kinds of symbolic reasons in art around 1600, but not all of these symbolic values are easy to connect to these cups.
However, owl beakers were sometimes given away as prices for shooting competitions, likely because the owl was used as a decoy for catching other birds.
Why an owl? Owls produce pellets that they throw up. Looks like vomiting... which humans do when drinking too much from an owl beaker.
