Earth Tone Kwali Teapot May be used as a

May be used as a pet urn

Coil built with a mixture of store-bought terracotta and clay foraged from a development site in Lockwood Ridge

Heavily textured with carving

9-10" tall

Earth Tone Kwali Teapot May be used as aThe idea behind this piece was to create a teapot based on traditional African water vessel forms. The shape of the body of this teapot comes from Gwari water vessels from Nigeria which became more widely known through the work of Ladi Kwali. The leaf motif represents the rapid plant growth we are experiencing with the summer rains. The surface is decorated with terra sigillata made with both commercial clay and foraged clays from Tennessee, Ontario