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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Working on some clay sketches. This little #snail is yet unfired. #sculpture

Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Moving art pieces can look a bit odd. Nobody got hurt here! This is just an earthenware hermit that was part of my temporary art installation at Vorden. #art #sculpture

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Tasty experimental archeology! I came across this medieval earthenware cookie mold, featuring an image of Mary being told by the angel Gabriel that she will give birth to Jesus. I made a replica of the cooky mold an then Noor baked a few cookies. Original mold: Kunstgewerbemuseum, 15th century

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A Roman oil lamp replica I'm working on. The original to the right was found by chance in Nijmegen. I sculpted a solid "master", around which I shaped the mould. With the mould I can make a series of lamps, just the way the Romans used to make them. #experimentalarcheology #romanpottery

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

They are great fun. Especially since most people don't know them any more :)

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Just received my article about reconstructing a medieval puzzle jug in the mailbox. There is even an English translation included in the back of the magazine. #pottery #puzzlejug #history

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Fresh #pottery handmade after #medieval and early modern originals

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The owl was used for all kinds of symbolic reasons in art around 1600, but not all of these symbolic values are easy to connect to these cups. However, owl beakers were sometimes given away as prices for shooting competitions, likely because the owl was used as a decoy for catching other birds.

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Why an owl? Owls produce pellets that they throw up. Looks like vomiting... which humans do when drinking too much from an owl beaker.

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The owl beaker head and body (right) were made more than 400 years ago in the Netherlands. They are in the Boijmans van Beuningen museum. I made a replica (left). #archeology #pottery #history #majolica

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Why a jug with a #bagpipe? In #medieval times the bagpipe was a symbol for debauchery: feasting, sexuality, drinking a lot. This jug is a replica of a jug that was made somewhere between 1475 and 1550. So it all makes sense. Right? . . . #bartmannjug #pottery #puntneuskruik

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Thanks. I have been playing with the idea of firing it in the woodkiln without glaze - then it would certainly get a warm blush... but maybe it's most beautiful in terracotta.

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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

A 1st century BCE Roman marble sculpture of four puppies asleep together, discovered in the House of the Faun in Pompeii, and now preserved at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. 🐾💕

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

A new #art piece in progress. These are my father's and my own faces combined. A two-faced head is also seen in #Janus, the #Roman god of transitions, new beginnings and doorways. Without knowing, we use his name often in our month #January. #pottery #clay #sculpture

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Happy Easter! Three hares on a 14th century tile found at the monastry Wettingen, in Switzerland. Picture taken in castle Lenzburg. #hare #easter #medievalart #archeology

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 03/04/2026

Finding a medieval image of soap is pretty tricky, but I reckon I've found one, there on the left on that little table. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Washing a Leper, 1480-1500, winged retable, Parish Church of St. Giles, Bardejov, Slovakia.

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Bottles for feeding kids have a long history! Here's a Roman and a medieval one, alongside the replicas that I made. The very round Roman bottle was found in NL (collection RMO, Leiden). The medieval jug is dated 1350-1400 (museum Boijmans van Beuningen). #archeology #history #babybottle #pottery

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Installing a suit of #armour in the new exhibition of castle #ammersoyen . This armour was forged years ago by Smederij Kloosterhuis, with my assistance. It is based on an image of Willem van Gelre kneeling before the French king Charles VI.

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

When biking to the train station I saw this mysterious scene - so I turned back home, got my camera and wandered around until I captured this image. The artprint is now available in a limited edition of only five signed and numbered pieces. #photography #art #limitededitionprint #nature

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I was visited by V.Birchwood for this video. You get to see the production process of a stoneware cup - from kickwheel to wood kiln. The video also contains an interview. These sessions turned out to be a good moment to reflect on trial and error. youtu.be/CBuIHjVU3dY?...

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I Tried Medieval Pottery

YouTube video by V. Birchwood

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Comparable facejugs are usually dated between 1470 and 1550. I wouldn't dare to date a piece more specifically without a finding context. I understand that the experts in the show have to know a lot about a huge range of items, so these remarks are not meant as critique.

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The production region of the "puntneuskruik" is Aken and Raeren. The jugs were often made with a pinched foot, but a flat base wasn't particularly uncommon.

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The historian in the show doubts that the jug was found in an Amsterdam canal. I would say it's not unlikely, since many comparable pieces have been found in Amsterdam (including the one I own myself).

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Yesterday this facejug was on Dutch television. I would like to add and correct a couple of things, see comment section. You can watch the show here. The fragment with the facejug is 15:53 - 20:25 npo.nl/start/afspel...

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Westerwald stoneware can be found in 17th century paintings, like the cheerful drinker by Judith Leyster. The jug is from Museum Rotterdam. In the frieze the letters: "H" and "K" (initials of the mould maker?). The jug was made in the beginning of the 17th century.

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I was visited by V.Birchwood for this behind the scenes video. Watch me fail at making a proper replica - a good moment to reflect on trial and error. youtu.be/CBuIHjVU3dY?...

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I Tried Medieval Pottery

YouTube video by V. Birchwood

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Ammersoyen Castle had a series of interesting residents. I'm working on a display with their family crests, based on armorials from the 14th and 15th centuries. The shields will be part of the new set-up in the castle museum. . . . #medievalhistory #heraldry #gelderland #middeleeuwen #ammersoyen

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

"The Pancake Bakery" by Pieter Aertsen, 1560, oil on panel, Boijmans van Beuningen Museum

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 15/12/2025

I've been buying medieval replicas again... I can't resist! This time a Trivet made by Kloosterhuis ( www.smederijkloosterhuis.nl ) and a frying pan made by @atelierable.bsky.social I guess this means I have to record a video of me making pancakes on an open fire one of these weeks :)

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Would a medieval fire cover have looked like this after one year of use? This replica by #atelierable was used by @fakehistoryhunter.net , protecting her home against sparks and preventing her cats from lying down in the hot ashes. . . . #medievalpottery #pottery #history #experimentalarchaeology

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Some new things I recently made - mostly painted majolica and redware. These are replicas of both medieval and early modern pieces. Do you want to know something about a specific piece? Let me know in the comments! #pottery #majolica #handmade #pottenbakker #aardewerk #uilenbeker #owlbeaker

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The straw I use for shipping pottery is, to some, more welcome than the pottery itself :)

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 01/12/2025

Got a new medieval replica mug from my potter atelierable.nl. Yay, I can get properly drunk again!

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 01/12/2025

I asked Atelier Able to make me another replica, this time a very special unique little thingy based on something that was found just a few months ago!! atelierable.nl Music: Jan Valta Footage: SWR

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Nigel Amies MA @nigela.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I had a lot of fun at Lynn Museum today presenting Tudor music and dance to the fab 'regular' Home Educators' group! We listened, sang and danced: one of my favourite sessions. 🙂 www.nigelamieshistoricaleducation.com

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Thank you :) They are in the kiln right now. Always exciting!

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Such a kind comment! Thank you very much :)

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

One day before firing... tomorrow is a hot day for these cups, jugs, bowls, whorls and dishes. Most of them are replicas made after Roman, late medieval and early modern pottery. . . . #pottery #pottenbakker #ceramics #craft

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Around the year 2000 26% of Dutch people are living below sea level. . The picture is part of a series entitled "Normal". I made it in 2020. My good friend Kasper posed in the cold water as businessman. . . . #ThrowbackThursday #photography #sealevelrise #climatechange #contemporaryart #flood

A picture of a young man in suit, steering a car while the water is reaching up to his chin. He is looking rather unimpressed with the situation.

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Some pottery I made for Caesar's Ford Theatre in the US. It's now traveling over the Atlantic Ocean. To the right you can see the 17th century pieces that were used for reference. . . . #pottery #archeology #history #props #keramiek #pottenbakker #handmade

four pieces of pottery: a redware pitcher, a cauldron and a bowl with green glaze on the inside and a large green cauldron.

A large group of archeological pottery and glass with many colors and different shapes. Some pieces are broken of glued together.

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I very much need to go there, even if it's just to say hello to the jug that I based this one on, and also to a stag shaped aquamanile. I love creature shaped pottery 😅

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Aebele Trijsburg @atelierable.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

A plate that I recently designed and made for my girlfriend. . . . #pottery #craft #art #design #kunst #beaver

A yellow plate with a scratched drawing of a beaver in the middle, floating in the middle of a floral pattern of curling leaves.

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