Throwing muses: the Black female artists who create with clay

Exploring 70 years of ceramics in Black culture, Body Vessel Clay shatters the western myths of the potter’s wheelWhen Ladi Kwali met the British studio potter Michael Cardew in the early 1950s, her traditional hand-built water jars were already well known in Nigeria’s Gwari region. Having spotted her work in the Emir of Abuja’s home, Cardew swiftly invited her to join his local government-backed pottery training centre. There she added modern industry’s wheel and kiln to