Mud and Water Man - ACE039.6

Next morning. Cardew getting up. Countryside, animals, cowherd, etc. Emptying the kiln. Cardew talking about a blue glaze made from wood-ash slag. Ladi Kwali talking about Cardew’s introduction of glaze; translated by local. People examining glazed ware. Cardew’s VO talking about Aloja being "far big and far too paternalistic", but feeling "possessive" about this pottery and about Vume. He thinks Abuja worked much better and he enjoyed his time there. Cardew showing a fragment of cup which he made years ago. He relates an anecdote from his time at Vume. Road-building in Nigeria. Motorway. Cardew leaving by aeroplane. The dinner party. Cardew describes some pieces of pottery: one made at Winchcombe in the late 1930s, a gwari casserole, several unglazed pots. Photographs of Cardew with Arthey, film of men and women working in Abuja, Abuja market. Cardew’s VO saying that he would suggest to a Ghanaian or a Nigerian that the colonial period had some positive aspects such as friendship between individuals, and the possibility that "the system" could be used to achieve beneficial results it had not considered, and believes he was very fortunate to have had such an experience. Credits.