item details
NameSmoothing the rim of the pot.
ProductionPeter Stichbury; photographer; circa 1958-1959; Nigeria
Classificationphotographic prints, ceramics
Materialsphotographic paper, photographic gelatin
Materials SummaryPhotographic prints of Pottery, Nigeria and Michael Cardew.
Techniquesphotography, photographic processes, chromogenic processes, black-and-white photography
DimensionsApproximate: 252mm (width), 303mm (height)
Registration NumberCA001093/001/0003
Credit lineGift of Peter and Diane Stichbury, 2011
Overview
Photographic prints of Pottery, Nigeria and Michael Cardew. Verso reads: Smoothing the rim (a wet piece of leather is held in the fingers, pressed onto the clay. Potter walks round & round the pot holding leather thus shaping and smoothing the rim).