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Jamaican Pottery

Illustrated Description of Marlene "Munchie" Rhoden's Technique, using photographs and video footage

Munchie digs the clay from her garden and explains that during the rainy season holes must be filled in and dug again each time clay is needed, otherwise they fill with water in which mosquitoes breed.



Kneading the clay and removing any foreign bodies prior to building the pot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A ‘keke’, the bottom of an old, broken pot is used to mould the base of the new pot.



Moulding the pot using the coiling method

Scraping the wet pot to smooth the surface before drying.



Shaping the rim



Rubbing bauxite (aluminium ore) slip onto the dry pot



flattening the bottom using a flat stick.



Smoothing the pot



Putting the pots onto the fire



Starting the fire with paraffin



Taking the pots out of the fire.



The finished pots after removal from the fire



A selection of Munchie’s pots.



Munchie’s storage shed showing many pots which she has made



Munchie with the Jamaican potter Cecil Baugh

| Introduction | Interview with Cecil Baugh | Marlene "Munchie" Rhoden's Technique | Transcription
| Illustrated Interview with Video and Images |