Pottery is a new venture for us and we had our first Pottery workshop in 2002.

The aim of the workshop: Participants should leave the workshop knowing how to source clay, especially how to recognise good caly in the rural areas, how to test it and modify it; how to build a kiln and fire it; how to source local oxides to glaze it.

The Instructor was Dias Mahlate (Mozambican) from the University of Namibia. Dias is a sculptor who attended the Thapong International Artists' Workshop in the past and is well-known in the Region. One of his areas of interest is the portable, home-made kiln, the skills of which he shared with the participants.