Museum from Home Activity: Drawing Delft
Drawing Delft
What’s blue and white and distinctly Dutch? Delftware!
This ceramic, named for the Delft region in the Netherlands, was created in the 1600’s as an alternative to the more expensive Chinese porcelain. Although it is often characterized by its blue and white color, there were some multi-colored versions, known as poly-chrome delft.
We have several beautiful delft items on display here at the museum as well as a large collection of delft pieces which wash out of the Roosevelt Inlet Shipwreck site and onto our Lewes beaches, proving that when that ship sank (late 1700’s to early 1800’s), delft was a hot commodity.
Why not try making your own delftware at home? We cut out a circle of white paper to make our very own delft “plate”, using a blue colored pencil for our design. You could use paint, markers, pencils, crayons, whatever you like!
