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Barlock
…the Tradition of Luster & Gold
 
From its beginnings in Baghdad in the 9th century, the art of luster remained a closely guarded secret for some 700 years. Traveling along trade routes that linked Eastern and European worlds, luster's sapphire-blue and ruby-red colors eventually graced the palaces of princes from Persia to Paris. In 16th century Italy, Pope Leo X, prince of the de' Medicis and patron of Michelangelo and Raphael, so greatly admired the luster of Gubbio, a town near Assisi, that he granted the town's master craftsman permanent exemption from taxes.

A few years later, in the mid-16th century, a treatise on the making of luster was at last widely circulated, thereby ending the art's secrecy but revealing its unpredictable technique. Out of a hundred pieces, fewer than six might be successful. The author of the treatise concluded that, even so, "the art is essentially beautiful and ingenious and when the works are good they are paid for in gold." Not until the 18th century, with the discovery at Meissen of the composition of true porcelain, was it possible to improve the odds of successfully creating this truly golden art.

The centuries-old techniques and the age-old Persian colors are the tradition carried forward by Carolyn L. Barlock. Her contemporary palette is enhanced with colors that even a de' Medici might covet. Pope Leo X would recognize Barlock's amethyst luster made from the amethyst gem, but he would not recognize the Florentine gold finish which is her own technique requiring many applications of 22 kt Gold to a chiseled porcelain surface. Each of Carolyn Barlock's porcelain masterpieces is one of a kind, a museum-quality luster resplendent with gold and representative of ages past and present. 

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  • ABOUT
  • PORCELAIN GALLERY
    • PORCELAIN VASES
    • PORCELAIN GOBLETS, STEINS, BOXES & HOME
    • PORCELAIN JEWELRY, BOXES AND PIN TRAYS
    • PORCELAIN COPPER MINES & UNIVERSE
    • PORCELAIN GOLD and ENAMELED EASTER EGGS
    • PORCELAIN ARCHIVES
  • SHOWS
    • 2023 By Western Hands Invitational ​
    • 2023 SCULPTURE IN THE PARK
    • ARCHIVED 2022 By Western Hands Invitational ​
    • ARCHIVED 2022 SCULPTURE IN THE PARK
    • ARCHIVED 2021 SCULPTURE IN THE PARK
    • ARCHIVED 2020 Windows to the Divine Exhibition "Contemporary Visions of Beauty Exhibition & Sale"
    • ARCHIVED 2020 COLORADO GOVERNORS SHOW
    • ARCHIVED 2020 SCULPTURE IN THE PARK
    • ARCHIVED 2019 Colorado Western Conservative Summit
    • ARCHIVED 2019 SCULPTURE IN THE PARK
    • ARCHIVED 5TH COLORADO ANNUAL ECUMENICAL PRAYER BREAKFAST
    • ARCHIVED 2019 LUXUREA EVENT
  • STUDIO NEWS
  • LINKS
    • BY WESTERN HANDS
    • COLUMBINE GALLERY
    • SCULPTURE IN THE PARK
    • 2020 Windows to the Divine Exhibition "Contemporary Visions of Beauty Exhibition & Sale"
    • LUXUREA
  • CONTACT