Design, as a honed problem solving art form, pertain to highly developed procedures, protocols and process steps in order to imbue objects, performances, interventions and experiences with significance, says toptal.com [1]. Design thinking and visualization skills are basic to design art.
"Today’s doodle celebrates the life of Nigerian educator, ceramicist, glassworker, and potter Ladi Kwali, who helped introduce the international community to the beauty of Nigerian art through intricately decorated earthenware designs," informs Google Doodles website [2] on March 16, 2022. On this day in 2017, an exhibition of Ladi Kwali’s work at the Skoto Gallery in New York opened.
She perfected the coil and pinch methods of pottery during her childhood and later refined into her own style to fabricate everyday containers ornamented with animal iconography. " She fused her traditional style with these innovative methods to craft a hybrid collection of pottery stylized with zoomorphic illustration. Kwali continued to break the mold into the 60s with exhibitions across Europe and the Americas, achieving international acclaim," it adds.
Website states: Here’s to you, Ladi Kwali! Thanks for putting your unique spin on a traditional craft and sculpting a place for future generations of women artisans.
Links
[1]
https://www.toptal.com/designers/creative-direction/art-vs-design
[2]
https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-ladi-kwali
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