Handmade African Pottery

‘African Pottery’ by handmadeologybiz

Handmade African inspired pottery.

African Woman Ceramic Mask Uturn $65.00	Shino African Goddess Pot PrimitivePots $75.00	Steamer for North African cu… claycoyote $65.00
African Violet Planter Flowe… tlgpottery $42.00	Hand Carved and Textured Po… lynnaugust $75.00	ceramic pottery for African … zalt57 $20.00
African Violet Planter Three… virginiawyomin… $32.50	African Stoneware Textile Mu… mudwhimsy $35.00	African Violet Self Watering… beadsbymavis $19.95
Extra Large African Violet P… SKCeramics $20.00	African Hut Pottery Votive ourTalkingHand… $12.00	White Crackle Raku with an A… julianopottery $90.00
African Violet Planter II LynsPottery $15.00	Tribal Inspired Vessel HummingMud $30.00	Black and White Bowl morganstudios $65.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

African Pottery

• lynnaugust
• Hand Carved One Of A Kind Pottery

All of my pottery is hand carved and/or textured stoneware and is one of a kind. The stoneware pottery is high fired in a reduction atmosphere and has a beautiful toasty color. I love the natural clay so I only use oxides to accentuate the carvings.

My carving is intuitive; I just let it happen. This piece has an Asian, Southwest and African feel to it.

The pot is 4 3/4 inches tall and 5 3/4 inches wide. Although my work is created as a decorative piece, it will hold water.

• claycoyote
• Home of Flameware, stoneware pottery for your stove top

This is our handmade stoneware colander and steamer. It makes a lovely accompaniment to your North African recipes. It works perfectly for steaming larger quantities of vegetables, fish, other meats, and couscous. It also doubles as a colander or a berry bowl.

For Couscous:
1. Place couscous ‘pearls’ in a large bowl and add 2 cups of water and ½ tsp. salt for each cup of couscous and stir with your hand or gently with a spoon. (Hand is best to separate grains) Drain water in a sieve and let couscous stand in the bowl for 10-15 minutes.
2. While the couscous is soaking, put 3 inches or so of water in a standard 3-4 qt saucepan. Make a collar by rolling a strip of paper towel in a length of aluminum foil. Before the water gets to boiling, lay the foil collar over the edge of the pan and crimp down. Then set the colander over the collar and settle it down so it seals the colander and pan.
3. Allow the pan to boil and get a good head of steam up coming through the colander holes. Now fluff the couscous with your hand to ensure that the grains are separate and place ¼ of the couscous in the bottom of the colander. It is NOT necessary to line the colander with cheese cloth as some instructions recommend. Do NOT spread the couscous out. Let the steam come up (a few minutes) and then gently place the rest of the couscous over it making sure all the colander holes are covered. Do NOT cover the colander. Steam will come up through the couscous. Let it steam 20-30 minutes.
4. With hot pads, pick up the colander and turn the steamed couscous out into a broad dish so it can cool and dry out a bit. After it cools somewhat, add ¼ cup of water and a couple of tablespoons of butter or oil if desired and fluff with the fingers This first phase can be done a day or more ahead and the couscous stored in a bowl in the refrigerator. As it cools, fluff the grains and separate them.
5. For the second steaming, 20-30 minutes before the main dish is ready, re-assemble the saucepan, collar and colander and, again, get a rolling boil going. Making sure the couscous grains are separated and gently place the couscous in the colander. Steam, uncovered, for 20 minutes or so, place in a bowl and serve.
6. Officially the couscous should be steamed a third time to reach the best texture.

This piece can go into your dishwasher, microwave, or even your oven. We high fire all of our pottery, so it completely food safe. This 2 piece set measures about 11″ in diameter. The bottom piece is a little under 4″ inches deep. Each piece is handmade, so they all vary. This listing is for a Latte steamer .

• tlgpottery
• Handmade Pottery and Stained Glass – TLG

This Violet planter will keep your African violet happy and thriving. Violets need to stay evenly moist at all times – and they grow best when watered from the bottom. This type of violet double pot keeps the water off of the leaves.

Plant your violet in the liner pot. The hole in the bottom of the liner pot allows the plant to get the water it needs. Simply lift out the liner pot, add a few inches of water in the outer pot and place the liner back in.

Dimensions:
4-3/8″ tall (with liner inserted) by 5-1/2″ wide

The pots are made of porcelain and glazed in a satiny blue glaze with copper red at the rim. They have been high fired to cone 10 (2300 degrees F).