words by Emily Climer illustrations by Eva Sรกnchez Gรณmez
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words by Emily Climer illustrations by Eva Sรกnchez Gรณmez
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A pot. A dish. A big jug.
Each one made by Ladi. But how did she do it?
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She dug for rich, wet mud.
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Ladi Kwali was a potter from Nigeria.
With this clay, she made the base of the pot. Then, she had to shape long, fat coils.
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She set them on, one by one.
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She pinched this one to that one.
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Pat, pat, pat. Up and up went the pot.
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Too thick and it would sag. Too thin and it would chip.
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She had to wet the mud as she went.
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Then, she had to smooth the walls of the pot. She did this with a rib. A rib is a tool used to shape and smooth a pot. Some potters used actual animal ribs.
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At the top, she made the neck of the pot.
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rim
And at the tip-top? The rim.
neck
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She drew on the pot, but not with a pen.
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She cut thin lines with a sharp stick. Then, she set the pot to dry.
Ladi drew animals on her pots. What animals do you see?
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Dig and pinch. Wet and pat. A pot.
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A pot from Ladi’s hands.
More
Ladi Kwali learned to make pottery as a girl in Nigeria. Her aunt taught her to make pots from clay in the traditional way. To shape a pot, Kwali placed a lump of clay on a platform. She pulled up the clay to make a base. Then, she walked around it again and again, adding coils of clay to form the walls of the pot. After smoothing the clay, she added shapes and designs inspired by nature. Finally, Kwali used an open fire to dry the clay pot. Later, Kwali met Michael Cardew, a potter from England. Cardew showed Kwali a new way to make pots. He used a potter’s wheel to make his pots. The wheel spins the pot in a circle, so the potter can stay still. Cardew also used a special oven called a kiln. In a kiln, pottery is dried at high temperatures, making the pot stronger. Kwali’s pottery combined these new methods with her older traditions.
LADI’S POTS A pot.
A dish.
A big jug. Each one made by Ladi. Who was Ladi?
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