Evenings with Mr. Motiramji
Noted on April 26, 2010 | By Natanya in
“Namashkar,” I say to a stout old man who could easily play for a college rugby team. I’ve come to learn pottery from a man who looks like God himself made him on a potter’s wheel. Mr. Motiramji is a traditional Indian potter who has been throwing pottery on his wheel for some 50 years. Coming from a long line of potters, Ramji spins the clay like he was learning for the first time like me, but has the steady hands like those of a master.
“Sit, sit, please,” he says excitedly. I reluctantly perch on one of his classic…