Category Archives: Pottery

The pottery of ancient Tell Halaf, in Syria, and my ceramics

Posted on April 24, 2014 by alisariram

The love affair between me and the ancient pottery of Tell Halaf started when a friend of mine, a fellow potter and a university lecturer lent me some of his books about ancient Mesopotamia and the history of archaeological   excavations there. … Continue reading →

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Leighton House Museum, Sir Richard Burton, Syrian Ceramics, the Syrian Revolution and I

Posted on February 26, 2014 by alisariram

I woke up this morning missing my life as a potter, missing the clay, missing its feel and textures for there is a difference to the touch between porcelain and stoneware and between earthenware and stoneware, clays out of which … Continue reading →

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