Poetry in clay
Norma Rodney Harrack transforms clay into a work of art Norma Rodney Harrack takes a lump of clay, kneads it into a ball and throws it on the top of a spinning wheel, with a flick of a button the spin is set in motion as her nimble yet firm hand movements start transforming that lump of clay into a vessel. “The potter’s wheel was a synchronization of feet hand and brain,” Rodney Harrack said, working like a drummer in harmony - tapping the pedal with his foot to play the bass drum as the hands work the drum sticks on the cymbals to produce beats. Pottery, Rodney Harrack says, is a very meticulous process requiring patience and hard work. Like cooking, the prepping of the ingredients is a time consuming task. It starts with choosing the right clay, which is soaked for around two weeks to get the sediments settle down, then passed through a sieve. “The clay is in a consistency of thick ice cream, it is then kept to dry, when it becomes a leather hard...