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Fred
Keith
Ceramic Reconstructionist and Photographer 
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Mom always said, "Don't Play Ball in the House"
My job is to reconstruct the pots from thousands of sherds recovered during the 1974 and 1975 digs, assemble them into recognizable artifacts, then photograph the final pieces. This three-dimensional puzzle is made even more difficult because a common prehistoric burial practice at Ban Chiang was to cover the deceased with broken ceramic pots. Often the pots were the same shape, size, and coloring. Still what others might find daunting, I enjoy. I began working as a volunteer for the Ban Chiang Project in 1995. Before that I had worked for forty years as a chemical engineer, specializing in centrifuging theory and applications. I spent much of my time--well over half--traveling around the world conducting field tests and application surveys as well as giving lectures. That hectic lifestyle probably explains why I'm able to enjoy what I do at the Ban Chiang Project without feeling it is repetitious. Back to the Ban Chiang Gang |