A&S 50 wrap up, tables and factoids - oh joy!

A&S 50 has come (by far) and I have completed my challenge. There are still a few items in the queue for firing, and some individual items for 33 are still waiting completion but on the whole I believe I have successfully met this challenge. I have taught myself how to paint ceramics. I have learned a variety of techniques and tools. I have also reached a great many individual items and cultures. I entered two Fields of Gold A&S competitions and one Kingdom competition, placing first in one FoG and one Kingdom competition. I have given away the vast majority of items or donated them as fighter auction prizes. I have learned a significant amount about blue on white ceramic objects and have applied this knowledge not only to my ceramics work but also to deducing time periods depicted in medieval art. I still have at least three more essays on BoW items to go with Uzbekistan, Italy and China still in draft form.

Below I have summarised my projects in a handy dandy table but for those who don't like tables as much as I do, some reflections.

• I'm still in love with Sultanabad, mostly because of the blue and turquoise colours.
• I love Kashan tiles but this project is probably too big for me.
• I've made a lot of Italian and I believe this is because the opaque palette I have to work with fits the maiolica style best
• Pretty much everything is after the 1300's because this is when ways to fire polychrome items in a stable manner were invented.

Plate	Item	Style	Culture	Age
1	My household plate	Lusterware	Spanish	15th C
2	Gabriel's Plate	Tin Glazed earthenware	Spanish, Seville or Valencia	1525-1550
3	Constanzia's Plate	Tin Glazed earthenware	Spanish, Seville or Valencia	1550-1600
4	Relief experiment	Lusterware	Spanish, Reus	1575-1600
5	Ibis plate	Luserware	Spanish, Manises	1525-1575
6	Drollery plate 1	Illumination	N/A	N/A
7	Drollery plate 1	Illumination	N/A	N/A
8	Peacock plate	Stonepaste with under-glaze decoration	Syrian	12th C
9	Dove plate	Earthenware	Iran	14th C
10	Rohans household plate	Lusterware	Spanish	15th C
11	Hare and artichoke bowl	Tin Glazed earthenware	Italy, Florence	1450
12	Mirriams serving plate	Tin Glazed earthenware	Spanish, Manises	1400-1450
13	Tile 1	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Kashan, Iran	1263
14	Tile 2	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Kashan, Iran	14th C
15	Tile 3	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Kashan, Iran	1260-1270
16	Tile 4	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Kashan Iran	13th C
17	Tile 5	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Kashan, Iran	14th C
18	Tile 6	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Kashan, Iran	13th C
19	Tile 7	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Iran	13th C
20	Pheasant Plate	Stonepaste with overglaze lustre	Kashan, Iran	12th C
21	Escher Plate	Geometrical line drawing with  pigment	Modern	Modern-ish
22	Tile 8	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Iran	13th C
23	Fox Plate	Wooden plate with gesso and varnish	Egypt	13-14th C
24	Tile 9	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Iran	13th C
25	Tile 10	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Iran	1262
26	Iznik Plate	Polychrome underglaze	Iznik	1575
27	Janet's Plate	Lustreware	Manises, Spain	1400-1450
28	Cat Cup 1	Lustreware	Manises, Spain	1400-1450
29	Cat Cup 2	Lustreware	Manises, Spain	1400-1450
30	Stromhold Fidchel board	Carved wood	Isle of Man	10th C
31	Peacock cup	Polychrome underglaze	Italy, Florence	1515
32	Janets Bowl	Lustreware	Manises, Spain	1400-1450
33	cups*	Polychrome underglaze	N/A	N/A
34	Krae Glas Baronial platter	Polychrome underglaze	Italy	1525
35	Aneala cups	Polychrome underglaze	N/A	N/A
36	Aneala plates	Polychrome underglaze	Italy	1525-1530
37	Dr Suess bowl and Plate	Cobalt underglaze	Italy	15th C
38	BoW Iranian cup	Cobalt underglaze	Iran	1450-1500
39	BoW Turkey cup	Cobalt underglaze	Iznik, Turkey	1550's
40	BoW Spanish cup	Cobalt underglaze	Spain	1550's
41	BoW Italian cup	Cobalt underglaze	Tuscany, Italy	1575-1625
42	Bowl for Tamar	Polychrome underglaze	Italy	16th C
43	Plate for Tamar	Polychrome underglaze	Italy	16th C
44	V's cup	Cobalt underglaze	Valencia, Italy	15th C
45	Foxy bowl	Lustreware	Sultanabad, Iran	13th C
46	Plate of love	Polychrome underglaze	Italy	1550's
47	Tile 11*	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Kashan, Iran	13th - 14th C
48	Tile 12*	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Kashan, Iran	13th - 14th C
49	Tile 13*	Stonepaste with lustre over white underglaze	Kashan, Iran	13th - 14th C
50	Starwars maiolica	Polychrome underglaze	Deruta, Italy	1525
* Items 47, 48 and 49 still to be fired
* Collection of items for 33 half way completed & delivered