A quick video of some pots that have been hanging out in the studio waiting to be drawn on.
I mentioned Toft slipware in the video. Here is one of Thomas Toft’s famous slipware dishes. Notice the trailed hatching on the rim.
I also mentioned Medieval Italian majolica. Below is a bowl with cross hatching. I really love these. This pot came from Orvieto and was made in the late 14th century.
I really must get some pots made tomorrow. Until then…
Tags: cross hatch, majolica, Orvieto, slipware, Thomas Toft
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ooh groovy dancin foxes love the one in your sketch book too…..and that last pot is sooo coool…
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It’s interesting that the toft piece used cross hatching to frame the shape of the pot only to interrupted by his signature, thus forming the u or horseshoe shape around the figure. The lower pot has what seems at first glance to have a different role for the cross hatching, but when looking closer it too forms an arc of cross hatching over it’s subject. Very interesting.
In the upper example the cross hatching is bound at it’s out limits by the rim of the plate, and it’s inner limit by the inner edge of the rim. in the lower piece the cross hatching is bound by other pictorial elements.
Nice source pieces.
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The cross hatching reminds me of the backgrounds I used when I did India ink drawings, I think certain patterns are very effective for backgrounds. It looks good on your fox cups and that long platter is great Ron.
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i’m a big fan of crosshatching. i have a 6′ painting in my dining room that is completely crosshatched. totally dig the dancing foxes.
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