Janet Goldner

Wasa’s Family ||| The woman in the pink shirt is beginning to make a pot by forming a slab over a mold. The other women are making grog. The purple plate contains peanuts for snacking. Next to the woman in yellow is a plate with glasses for making tea. Behind the woman with the blue head tie, is a clay jar covered with black plastic that contains wet clay .

Kadia’s Family ||| Women work in the vestibules of their compounds. Here three generations of a family work side-by-side. The woman in the yellow head wrap is making the long neck for the pots behind her. The other two are making the grog (small pebble sized pieces of fired clay) that is mixed into the clay body to help it withstand thermal shock.