TSERNIKI – BOAT WITH SPONGES
Ceramic ship, fired at 1160 degrees Celsius. Handmade by the Greek artist Christos Giannakopoulos. Board color green , with metal mast. Accompanied with card including ship’s history and characteristics.
Height: 23cm , Lenght 25cm , Width: 10cm
TECHNICAL FEATURES:
CLAY: gres – stoneware
1st step: First firing 1000 degree Celsius
2nd step: Coloring with metallic oxides, meleted clay (slip), terra ciciliana.
3rd step: Second Firing in 1160 degree Celsius.
- Description
Description
Tserniki was similar to Perama boat. The bow is sharp and slanted, the stern is sharp and the sternposts straight. Most common in the eastern Aegean islands, was being built for fishing and as a merchant ship, and was up to 18 metres long. Tserniki boats were usually single masted, with sakoleva, a trapezoidal shaped sail. Sponges are defined as sessile metazoans (multicelled immobile animals). They are worldwide in their distribution, living mostly in quiet, clear, temperate waters. Sponge harvesting is traditional in many Aegean islands, a 6–7 month journey, as far as the Gulf of Sidra in Libya, difficult and dangerous job due to divers’ disease and strong sea currents.
Stoneware clay, 1160oC
