SPIRIT OF GREECE - MUSEUM COPY, HAND MADE CERAMIC

USE OF THE TERM “EXACT COPY” requires that:

1. The copy must be made from the same materials
(type of clay, decorative slips.)

2. It must be made using the same techniques
of creation, polishing, firing.

3. It must have the same shape and size.

4. It must have exactly the same decoration.

by Vassilis Politakis	Original

by Vassilis Politakis	Original

Very close to “exact copies” made by the ancient technique.

Such copies are very expensive because of the amount of time
and intensity of workmanship required.

USE OF THE TERM “SIMPLE COPY” requires that:

In a comparison between the copy and photos of the original
the likeness between the original and the copy is clear.

by Vassilis Politakis	Original

USE OF THE TERMS
"Adaptation" or "simplified copy" requires that:

Care is taken to assure that the vase includes all the characteristics necessary for a hypothetical original, or it is very close to an existing original.
(In order to offer a lower price, the decoration can be limited to basic designs.)
The correct creation of an "adaptation"or a" simplified
Copy" requires:
1. Basic archaeological knowledge, so that the shapes are used in the right combination with the motifs.
If the shape either belongs to a different period from the decoration, or if the shape and/or the decoration do not exist in any ancient Greek period, we can't use the characterization " museum copy."
2. Knowledge of the ancient technique and the decorative materials used in those periods, so that the colorings of decoration are true to the originals.
3.Sensitivity to recapture the characteristics of the period.
4. Respect.

Hypothetical false necked amphora
(Inspiration of V.Politakis)
Presented as a typical example of
Mycenaean pottery by
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Mycenaean pictorial motif
formed on an hypothetical Crater
(inspiration of V.Politakis)

V.Politakis' museum copies mostly belong to the categories
“simple”, "simplified" and "adaptations."
This offers him the opportunity to create instead of just copying objects. His aim is to point out the best elements of Minoan, Mycenaean and Cypriot pottery.