Mazers a Medieval Drinking Vessel

Medieval Mead and Mazers are coming back in the year 2020!

ceramicsDenise LynchDecember 13, 2020mazer, viking, meadComment

Ah! At Home on the North Shore

Crystal captures the essence of my work in her article ‘Turning to the past’. Find it in the 2020 Winter edition.

Denise LynchDecember 3, 2020 Comment

Handcrafted Cigar Tray

Denise LynchDecember 1, 2020cigar tray, handmade, uncle leos brewery, craft beerComment

Nova Scotia Makers Market

Nova Scotia Makers offers you handmade items you’d see at our annual Christmas shows; leather, paintings, jewelry, glass, wood, cosmetics, textiles and of course pottery.

Denise LynchNovember 22, 2020online, buylocal, pottery, ceramcisComment

Pottery Throw Down

Craft Nova Scotia hosted a virtual pottery throwdown via zoom on October 17th, it's been recorded and it can now be seen on the Craft Nova Scotia facebook page.

Denise LynchNovember 22, 2020Ceramics, ThrowdownComment

Mazer

The mazer is a 11-16th century European medieval drinking vessel made of wood with a shallow bowl and a broad flat foot. Elaborate mazers had silver rims with a decorated disc (called a boss) in the base of the bowl and a silver foot. On the metal band there was often an inscription decorated with an engraving or a gem.

MazerDenise LynchNovember 17, 2020mazer, mead, wine

Terra Sigillata

Terra Sigillata literally translates to earth seal. The reference comes from Roman ware with its raised embossed patterns and waxy red/orange surface, looked like the wax seal that would close an official document, hence earth seal.