Located in the Old Cairo district, the Fustat Pottery Village, which comprises 152 workshops, has gone through an all-out development process in recent years as part of the government’s strategy to support and encourage handicrafts.
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Pottery involves many steps
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“Many people were attracted to the project, and even asked to be trained in the district after it evolved to work on a very high scale,” says team leader
In several villages in El-Wady El-Gedeed (The New Valley), the main income of the people living there is the industry of pottery. Producing handmade vases, cooking pots, home accessories and ashtrays is what people spend their time designing and decorating. From the very beginning, when men shape the wet clay into different shapes, the items …
Mishkah Gallery is a hub for artworks, traditional handcrafts and exchange for knowledge
The 15-day workshop will teach the participants the essential basics of ceramics and pottery
The pottery that is manufactured is mainly for the tourism sector; most of the production is currently used for decorating tourist resorts and villas
