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International SOCIAL SCIENCES STUDIES Journal, vol.11, no.5, pp.1025-1036, 2025 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
In ceramic production, especially basic knowledge needs to be learned. However, it is possible for a traditional ceramic producer with a certain amount of experience to change, develop and interpret the information he has learned by experimenting according to his relationship with the material. In this study, it is aimed to exemplify the technical interactions in ceramic production by evaluating the two archaeological finds as stated in the article titled “Documents on the Relationship Between the Ottoman Period Iznik Fritware and the Fritware of Masters of Tabriz” presented in 2006 and architectural ceramics produced by wandering, nomadic ceramicists or supplied by commercial means in Anatolia at the end of the 14th and 15th centuries, together with the perspective of ceramic production and today's productions.
In the late 15th century, during the Ottoman period, the sudden transition to production with fritware in Iznik is remarkable. Iznik was also a center of ceramic production during the Byzantine Period and glazed firing was carried out using lead and alkali glaze. Although the “Masters of Tabriz” in particular and Iranian ceramicists in general use lead in some glazes, they produce with lead-free, alkaline and lime containing frit in fritware. Although structural analysis has proven that Iznik workshops have been used in the production of architectural ceramics since the beginning of the Ottoman period, it is still unclear how Iznik masters first learned and developed this technique.
In this study, techniques that require technical knowledge such as fritware, clay paste luster, and some productions in Kütahya during the Ottoman period and today have been evaluated from the perspective of a researcher who produces ceramics because art is produced by thinking, seeing, liking and experimenting as well as personal experience. As research in science and social sciences such as archaeological excavations and structural analyses continue, the beginning of the fritware production process in Iznik will become clearer, but new finds need to be evaluated interdisciplinarily