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Becoming Ladi Kwali: Nigeria’s Famous Potter
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Today Google dedicates its Doodle to commemorate the life and times of Ladi Kwali, a Nigerian schoolteacher, ceramicist, glassworker, and potter. Ladi Kwali's works according to the history of Nigeria, greatly influenced the perception of Nigeria to tourists and the likes by introducing to the international community the allure and taste of Nigerian art through…
Today Google dedicates its Doodle to commemorate the life and times of Ladi Kwali, a Nigerian schoolteacher, ceramicist, glassworker, and potter.
Ladi Kwali’s works according to the history of Nigeria, greatly influenced the perception of Nigeria to tourists and the likes by introducing to the international community the allure and taste of Nigerian art through her delicately embellished earthenware techniques.
16th March in 2017, an event that took place at the Skoto Gallery in New York displayed Ladi Kwali’s work to the awe of the public.
Ladi Dosei Kwali was born circa 1925 to a family of potters in Kwali, Abuja, Nigeria. Ladi Kwali followed in the family path of pottery and was tutored by her aunt in her young days, the intricate methods of coil and pinch used in the art of pottery.
Kwali evidently blossomed with her own unique art and style from invented daily containers enriched with animal iconography.
Somehow Ladi Kwali’s art laced the house of aristocrats who displayed her imaginative job as home adornments. Through this means, Ladi Kwali’s works were noticed in 1950 in a royal palace by Michael Cardew, the founder of Abuja’s first potter training facility.
Later in 1954, Kwali entered the Abuja Pottery Center, and in her time there, Kwali made significant milestones that are still celebrated in contemporary times. She became the leading Nigerian woman to have trained in developed pottery methods. She meshed her traditional art with these ingenious techniques to compose a mixed exh
Ladi Kwali: Who be di Nigerian woman Google honour wey dey di 20 naira note
- Author, Onyinye Chime
- Role, Broadcast Journalist, BBC News Pidgin
You don eva wonder about dis woman wey balance dey make pot on top Nigeria N20 note?
Tink am. why she be di only woman on top Nigeria moni?
Ladi Dosei Kwali, na di first and only woman on top di Nigeria Naira note and for very good reason.
For her life time she be potter wey do clay, ceramic and glass wares, she bin also be educator or teacher of pottery.
Ladi kwali na Gwari woman wey dem born for 1925 for village wey dem dey call Kwali. And she die for 1984.
She dey make pot and she sabi make pot well-well.
Wia dis foto come from, Getty Images
For 1951, she join di Abuja Pottery Training Centre wey Michael Cardew bin establish and for dia she develop additional skill of using di potters wheel, glazing and kiln firing.
Francis Sokomba na Consultant, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Niger State and curator wey dey manage Ladi Kwali Pottery Centre, Suleja, describe her work like dis:
"Ladi Kwali work get special design wey she dey do. E get sometin wey she hersef no know say she sabi do. Dat be say, di pot as e tick like dat, na so e go follow from top go down, like say she measure am but she no measure am. She hersef no know say she dey do am.
"And den wen she begin use oyibo method, she come dey make di bottom dey flat wey be say you go keep am and e go dey like dat. Many tins make her stand out, first na her character, she dey patient and she get passion for wetin she bin dey do."
Na dis her special ability to make unique pottery designs even witout di help of oyibo technology make her stand out.
She show her skills to di world
Ladi Kwali bin no go school, but her talent make her travel to all ova di world to teach oyibo how she dey make her pot.
she teach for more dan 19 different institutions for United States and travel t A small show of robust work at the Skoto Gallery in New York honors Ladi Kwali, the Gwari potter, who became famous in the 1960s and early 1970s when she demonstrated her craft in England, Germany, and North America, introduced and accompanied by the British studio potter Michael Cardew. The exhibition includes a collection of Nigerian-born Kwali’s sturdy tableware—cups and saucers, dishes, bowls, beakers, an urn and a teapot—as well as her large traditional water pot with imaginatively incised zoomorphic figures. The invitation to the exhibition shows a glazed stoneware plate she made in 1963 that the gallery has appropriately entitled What Comes Around. The modest piece, little more than four inches across in diameter, was built on a potter’s wheel like the ones used in English studios at the time, but ornamented with exuberant loops and zigzags that were part of Kwali’sparticular graphic lexicon. It gets to the heart of the story, demonstrating how a simple object can close the circle, bridging the gap between cultural traditions while also merging folk art with her own exceptional talent. Punch Bowl by Ladi Kwali, c. 1960. Glazed stoneware. Ladi Kwali (Ladi, meaning “born on Sunday,” and Kwali, the name of the village in the northern region of Nigeria where she was born in 1925) learned to make hand-built pots when she was a small child. It was the practice for women in the area to make pots from clay dug out of the ground: pulling up the sides of the clay, stretching them up and across, then scraping them down, adding coils, shaping and smoothing the pieces with cloth or leather. The technique was passed down through generations of families, from one female member to another. Kwali learned from her aunt but she was quickly recognized for her innate talent, showing an understanding of balance and proportionality as well as the material possibilities of clay. She incise In the Spirit of Women’s History Month, we celebrate Ladi Kwali featured on Google’s Doodle for today, the 16th of March, 2022. Ladi Kwali (b.1925– 12 August 1984) was a Nigerian potter, ceramist and educator. She was born in the village of Kwali in the Gwari region of Northern Nigeria. From her cultural tradition, where women were primarily responsible for pottery, Ladi Kwali's ceramics became "art objects". She made earthenware vessels which were noted for their beauty of form and decoration, and was recognized regionally as a gifted and eminent potter. In April 1954, Ladi Kwali joined the Abuja Pottery as the first female potter which was also an avenue for her to improve on her craft. In March 2017, an exhibition of Ladi Kwali’s work at the Skoto Gallery in New York opened. Her works are held in collections all over the world, in spaces such as the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, USA, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Aberystwyth University Ceramics Gallery, UK. Her picture appears at the back of the Nigerian N20 Naira bill and is the first and only woman featured on the Nigerian currency. A major street in Abuja is also named after her - Ladi Kwali Road, among several other achievements and awards. Google’s doodle honors Kwali's exhibition at the Skoto Gallery in New York, which took place on March 16, 2017. Forme Femine Art (FFA) is a catalyst for artists in the African art ecosystem, showcasing artistic expressions with Afro Femininity and female agency as thematic focus. FFA represents talented artists, portraying the feminine in order to create a multilayered visual commentary on the relationship between art and society in the African context. Shows are designed to offer the finest reflections on the diversity of thought and style that the subject of afro-femininity can offer; with intent to Tradition and Imagination: The Remarkable Pottery of Ladi Kwali at the Skoto Gallery
Celebrating Ladi Kwali: In the Spirit of Women’s History Month