Nov 18, 2009: Vase

xoxoxoBruce · 11-18-2009, 02:46 AM

What a beautiful vase, all gold and shiny looking. Precious metals?

Quote:

Painted Vase
Moulded from the bladder of a camel. From Moultan, Pakistan, mid – 19th cent.

Ewww, yucky.

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OB · 11-18-2009, 03:27 AM

To think, I never knew how beautiful camel bladder really is before now.

spudcon · 11-18-2009, 04:01 AM

I always thought they were pink and wrinkly and stinky and full of piss.

Pie · 11-18-2009, 08:03 AM

Hey, bladders are great things for holding ... um, liquids.

chrisinhouston · 11-18-2009, 08:16 AM

Would this be classified as Mixed Media Art?

Shawnee123 · 11-18-2009, 08:28 AM

The colors on the bladder vase are so organ-ized.

dmg1969 · 11-18-2009, 09:35 AM

I'll have to remember that the next time I'm digging around a pile of animal guts. "Oh...look at this stomach. That would make a kick-ass tapestry!"

Cloud · 11-18-2009, 11:08 AM

it says moulded from (or, in 'merkin, "molded); it doesn't say the vase is made from camel bladder. Just like papier mache-ing a balloon in kindergarten.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-18-2009, 11:12 AM

Don't think so, that's not the natural shape of a bladder, plus the site it's on.

dar512 · 11-18-2009, 11:21 AM

Boy, I bet that camel was pissed.

Oh wait. That was a bladder. Maybe not.

Sheldonrs · 11-18-2009, 11:26 AM

I guess my back would be humped also if i had a bladder like that.

Cloud · 11-18-2009, 11:27 AM

you might be right, but why use the word molded in that case? the site says it's a collection of rawhide and leather; perhaps leather molded around the blown up bladder?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-18-2009, 11:32 AM

If you blow up a bladder, I doubt it would take that shape. Probably look more like the balloon that was paper mached... mache-ed... mashed... covered.

Cloud · 11-18-2009, 11:36 AM

vintage camel bladder vessel

Shawnee123 · 11-18-2009, 11:37 AM

Vintage? As opposed to all the nouveau camel bladder knockoffs they try to sell you at the mall?

11-18-2009, 04:01 AM	#3
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	I always thought they were pink and wrinkly and stinky and full of piss. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

11-18-2009, 08:03 AM	#4
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Hey, bladders are great things for holding ... um, liquids. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

11-18-2009, 08:28 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	The colors on the bladder vase are so organ-ized. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-18-2009, 09:35 AM	#7
dmg1969 I got nothing Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 486	I'll have to remember that the next time I'm digging around a pile of animal guts. "Oh...look at this stomach. That would make a kick-ass tapestry!" __________________ Void where prohibited. Your results may vary. Not intended for resale. Do not remove tag. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

11-18-2009, 11:08 AM	#8
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	it says moulded from (or, in 'merkin, "molded); it doesn't say the vase is made from camel bladder. Just like papier mache-ing a balloon in kindergarten. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-18-2009, 03:27 AM	#2
OB Disorderly Disciplinarian Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 21	To think, I never knew how beautiful camel bladder really is before now.

11-18-2009, 08:16 AM	#5
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Would this be classified as Mixed Media Art?

11-18-2009, 11:12 AM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Don't think so, that's not the natural shape of a bladder, plus the site it's on. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-18-2009, 11:21 AM	#10
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Boy, I bet that camel was pissed. Oh wait. That was a bladder. Maybe not. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-18-2009, 11:26 AM	#11
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	I guess my back would be humped also if i had a bladder like that. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

11-18-2009, 11:27 AM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	you might be right, but why use the word molded in that case? the site says it's a collection of rawhide and leather; perhaps leather molded around the blown up bladder? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-18-2009, 11:32 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you blow up a bladder, I doubt it would take that shape. Probably look more like the balloon that was paper mached... mache-ed... mashed... covered. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-18-2009, 11:36 AM	#14
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	vintage camel bladder vessel __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-18-2009, 11:37 AM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Vintage? As opposed to all the nouveau camel bladder knockoffs they try to sell you at the mall? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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