Faience Map
My style is called Faience, and is based on Arts and Crafts era pottery
I was inspired by the matte, earthy color schemes and handcrafted linework charachteristic of Grueby Pottery and its contemporaries
I wanted to simulate the textures glazes aquire in the firing process
Zooming in attempts to replicate how matte tin glazes bleed into eachother in this ceramic piece
I represented famous art potteries using a symbol that replicates an Arts and Crafts style tile
I became aquianted with art pottery after being exposed to Ephraim, a pottery in the town I grew up in
The Boston area was a cultural hub for the Arts and Crafts movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries!
Rookwood Pottery was once located in Cinncinati
European borders almost look like a crackly glaze after being fired
Look at the full map here
Credits:
Map created with Mapbox Studio
Data from openstreetmap
Tile design and color swatches from Ephraim Pottery
Gureby Tile Images from the Met