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surfing with helen bates - may 1st., 2004 - africa and the middle east

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Helen Bates on sat 1 may 04


Surfing with Helen Bates - May 1st., 2004 - Africa and the Middle East

Ronit Ben-Cnaan (Hasharon, Israel)

Functional handmade stoneware and earthenware, in subdued earthy colours.

Professor Christopher Roy (Iowa U) (African Pottery Forming)

This site is an adjunct to the commercial site for the video filmed in
West Africa by Jacob Bamogo and edited by Christopher Roy, Professor of
Art History at the University of Iowa. Available online is a slide show
of a dozen still photographs of the methods used by the potters of
Burkina Faso and Ghana, filmed in 2001-2. The "view video" links in the
slide show subdirectory don't lead to anything online, but from the home
page of this site you can link to the commercial site and view the
preview using the text link: " Click here to view preview." I enjoyed
it. You can also link to the above via Professor Roy's home page:
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While on the topic of African pottery, here are some links for those
interested in the "tagine" form:
Tangiers Tagine (Miami, FL, USA based importer)

Serving and cooking Tagines (wheel thrown, glazed or unglazed or
unglazed, hand shaped, and others; Tagine Recipes.
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Ameera Imports (Atlanta, GA, USA based importer) - Moroccan Tagines

Some unglazed (Marrakech and glazed (Rabat and Berber) cooking tajines.
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Maroccan pottery (German text only)

Has some sepia-toned photos of Maroccan cooking ware including tagines.
Click on "Kuche" then scroll down and click on "tajine" - includes
some braziers (grills) for the tagines to rest on.
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For more links to tagines / tajines, especially recipes, type either
word into a search engine. (Tagine with the 'g' seems to come up with
more English sites.)


Helen
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