Pottery by Osa<p>Every <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/potter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>potter</span></a>, every <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/craftsperson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>craftsperson</span></a>, is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culturalpreservationist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culturalpreservationist</span></a>. When I took my first <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pottery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pottery</span></a> class 12 years ago, I had no idea what I was participating in, how ancient and huge it was. </p><p>A South African potter named <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JabulileNala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JabulileNala</span></a> taught me how to coil build. She comes from a long line of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zulu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zulu</span></a> potters with a tradition extending back at least 2,000 years.</p><p>Biseat Yakwal took this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filmphoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmphoto</span></a> of me teaching a coil building workshop in Gainesville, FL in 2023.</p>