Wherever I travel, I always have a weakness to discover pottery house
to collect some tea pots. I met this German artist who has been to
Mozambique eighteen years and trying to help the local disable and
civil war wounded potters who lost their legs on mine. Mozambique
cleaned up a lot of mine-field but still they have some in the remote
areas. I met her accidentally with some Bangladeshi UN peace keeping
force. Mozambique is now a very stable democratic country which economy
is booming and also a favored nation of our "Millennium Challenge
account" formed by US Congress. The Bangladeshi UN peace keeping force
moved in other African nations but still they come to visit the country
to meet some of their old local friends and government official to
update their security force training. I met this kind German lady
through one of them. I always like to do something for local community
and with my limited art knowledge, I try to help local artist.

I have been to their factory(owned by government land but run by 15+
war wounded and disable potters). I was so impressed to see their color
combination. Most of them have African theme and some of them have
Portuguese influence. I still believe, they need to improve their
quality and design. Most of them are clay and some are coated with
light porcelain. All of them have bright color. Beautiful and lot of
expression on them.

I am wondering if anyone can help me with some tea pot design web site,
so I can invite the artist in my house and show them. They can also
have some idea about different tea pot design. I will also help them to
organize a tea pot exhibition with their existing collection and invite
American and European government and corporate people so foreign buyers
will know about their product. I can also serve free tea and finger
foods. I think, I can help them to expand their market a little. Please
if anyone know any information about pottery design, just send me the
link off-line. Thank you advance.

Ripon
Maputo, Mozambique