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Master Potter 25 years. . OAK CLIFF, DALLAS. Anti Fascist. Anti Racist. Supports 🌈. Support human rights including abortion.

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A nice cooking pot made from clay nearby. This pot is made with no machine and only simple handmade tools. A beautiful process. A functional pot for cooking beans or greens. Sells for about 1000/= shillings or about 45 cents. Not a great profit considering a kilo of rice costs about $1.30. The profit for two weeks worth of potting is just barely enough to buy basic necessities for the family. #tanzania #oakcliffpottery #wildclay #cookingpots by @oakcliffpottery

The cameraman is 3 yo and the potter is nearly 6 yo. They both did a fine job. Learning to make pottery is tough. Its best if you have a good attitude. Watch Acacias face. She loves it! #oakcliffpottery #fdt #throwingpottery #resist by @oakcliffpottery

Welcome to Zamzibar! Oak Cliff Pottery is the best in Texas! World famous pottery! Its cold in Texas but Oak Cliff Pottery is sending you warm wishes from Zanzibar, Tanzania! #zanzibar #oakcliffpottery #stonetown #jumping #welcometozanzibar @mzingani_zanzibar by @oakcliffpottery

Check out Maggie‘s new business! Sly Glow Esthetics. She’s a licensed esthetician and she’s only been in business for the last three weeks and not one person has signed up to get a service with her. Why don’t we all get together and sign u tor a service. Let make Maggies business a success! check out the link on the Instagram. Sign yourself up for a facial or a wax It will make your day and hers. You know how hard it is to start a small business and supporting small businesses is so important. @sky_glow_esthetic #esthetician #skyglowesthetics #potteryandskincare #facial #waxing by @oakcliffpottery

Just a line of teapots. No AI.#pottery #ceramics #teapot #tea #oakcliffpottery by @oakcliffpottery

We are testing the burners on Kali Moto! Getting ready for a bisque firing. Will let you know how it goes. Stay tuned.#kiln #fire #hot #lovetheprocess #pottery by @oakcliffpottery

I haven’t made teapots in a long time but thought it was past due. I love making tea pots, but they just take a lot of time. I’ve spent the last few days on the 60 pots. Just trying to get them right. They’re not perfect but that’s OK. Neither am I.#oakcliffpottery #pottery #pots #handmade #ceramics by @oakcliffpottery

The next six week class for beginning and advanced throwing starts on Tuesday, November 3 at 6:30 PM. We still have some spots available. You can contact me if you’re interested.#oakcliffpottery #teapots #oakcliff by @oakcliffpottery

Vote! #voteblue #votetexas by @oakcliffpottery

Final day in Tanzania. #oakcliffpottery #tanzania #familyvacation by @oakcliffpottery

Here we are in Ihimwa village in Dodoma, Tanzania. Locating potter’s is like a scavenger hunt. The best way to approach it is to go to the market and locate some pots and then ask people where they’re made. And then the next step is to find a driver who can take you to that location. Once you get close to the location, you start asking local people if they know of any potter’s and they always do. It’s a lot of fun to find the potter‘s way out in the village, but it’s important to be considerate and respectful of anyone. Space. Approach it the same way that you would entering into someone else’s studio in the United States unannounced. I always ask before I film and I always talk and the best I can’t even in the local language, Gogo because people laugh and they really love it when you try to communicate with them. What I do and know what I’ve always done anywhere that I go is essentially not only by pots from the potter‘s that I visit but give them some money after I take their time from them. Now I’m sure that there’s plenty of people who would argue that but I’ve lived a long time in Tanzania and I know that it’s respectful if you take someone’s time then to get back to them and that goes for any situation because people just don’t have a lot of time or money. So it’s always a nice gesture to give someone something and also buy their pots.#oakcliffpottery #dodomatanzania #tanzanianpotters #wildclay #village by @oakcliffpottery

Support small local pottery studios owned and operated by real local potters. #oakcliffpottery #locallyowned #saynotofranchises by @oakcliffpottery