Here's a link to a series of photos on video, of the women potters of W. Ghana.
Women potters of Ghana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyeUNaWWpgw
It looks like we have one more day of decent weather before snow and sleet arrive so we'll be heading out to do some last minute shopping later and have our big meal of the day out.
We're New Year's Eve stay at homes and I usually make a nice dinner. Jim loves Caesar salad so I'll make that with the rack of lamb. He's also requested my potaoes au gratin with mushrooms, so that will be on the menu as well.
At some point today I want to see if I can get this new tape conversion machine working and then get the converted MP3's on to disks which I'll be buying today. There is still a lot of computer filing to deal with but I needed a day or two of rest from that chore.
June I enjoyed the video very much of the Ghana potters! Thanks for posting that!!
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link. It was interesting. I am a bit confused about their process. It seemed like they were building the pot in sections. Most of the shots looked like they were working on the rim. Maybe I was just missing it. Vince Pitelka learned coiling from an African lady who was a fellow graduate student. He teaches the technique and I took a shine to it, but I use it on a wheel. I pull the coils up instead of using a paddle for the most part. It is great fun.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing that they just skipped some of the photos of the process.
ReplyDeleteIt takes them a lot of time to finish one pot. I guess. These are totally hand-made pottery products. Thanks for sharing this.
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