
Helene Love-Allotey
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Honoured by being selected to present President Azikiwe with one of her pots upon his visit to the Training Centre and further to her invitation to accompany Michael O'Brien (who worked at the Training Centre following Cardew) on a visitation to Britain in 1989, it is clear that Asibi Ido was a potter held in high regard within the Training Centre.
Meticulously decorated with each dish possessing its own individuality, it appears that the 5 works were thrown, given Cardew's introduction to the centre of the pottery wheel, it could be argued that the sgraffito marks on the work were completed when the dishes were still spinning and clay still wet, given their precision. Made in the darker clay of Body 49 base and a black slip, the combination of the two along with the addition of the ridges enables a red-brown pigment to appear along the lines, sealed by what appears to be an Abuja Slip-Glaze. Given the shine of the five dishes, it can be concluded that these dishes were fired under a high heat.
Bibliography
John Edgeler, Michael Cardew and stoneware, continuity and change, (Winchcombe: Cotswolds living Publications, 2008)