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Louisa Jones, known as Ma Lou, was a master practitioner of the pottery tradition.
Jamaican studio potter Cecil Baugh, who learned techniques from the Jamaican women potters making traditional vessels, brought Ma Lou's work to the attention of the art world. She and Cecil Baugh visited the US to demonstrate traditional Jamaican pottery techniques. She became known as "the traditional Jamaican potter."
Her work produced a steady income until the introduction of aluminium cookware supplanted the use of pottery in everyday cooking. Between 1954 and 1957 she gave up making pots, until she had a vision that inspired her to keep making pots and train her daughters. Her daughter Marlene Roden, called Munchie, carries on her work.
She received the Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica in 1986 and the Order of Distinction from the Government of Jamaica in 1988.
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