Being a potter means drawing from a vocabulary of tried-and-true forms: mugs, teapots, bowls, pitchers, etc. However, these archetypal forms have European & Asian origins.
I thought it would be interesting to everyone & affirming to other Black ceramicists to reference #African forms in contemporary tableware. The combining of European, Asian and African ceramics traditions goes back to mid-20th century, but that history is omitted from US #ceramic education. See #alttext for details. #pottery
Opening of the gas kiln this morning!
A bit under fired mostly at the top but nice reduction overall and most glazes reacted well even not reaching the cone 9-10 all over.
Some nice test results and some not so good...
Multiple students work in it.
I'll share some of my results in another post once I'm done going through all of it and take pictures.