PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArtifacts@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month agoStatuette of a hippo goddess, Egypt, 332-320 BCEmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down11
arrow-up1100arrow-down1imageStatuette of a hippo goddess, Egypt, 332-320 BCEmedia.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArtifacts@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoThe blue glaze is original, yep!
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoI used to do a bit of firing at art school. Pretty sure later-tech made glazing as easy-peasy as possible, but IMO it’s pretty dang impressive what the Egyptians did, here: https://chatgpt.com/share/69ee869d-3784-83ea-951a-dab487fc6222 (eh, sorry for the source, but it’s one of the few areas where I feel like LLM’s combine to be useful x generally reliable)
The blue glaze is original, yep!
I used to do a bit of firing at art school. Pretty sure later-tech made glazing as easy-peasy as possible, but IMO it’s pretty dang impressive what the Egyptians did, here:
https://chatgpt.com/share/69ee869d-3784-83ea-951a-dab487fc6222
(eh, sorry for the source, but it’s one of the few areas where I feel like LLM’s combine to be useful x generally reliable)