Who we are
A craft we inherited, father from grandfather
The craft is older than any of us. This is our story, and how we make what we make.
Who we are
A craft we inherited, father from grandfather
Our workshop in Bahla has been in the family for more than four hundred years, passing from father to son. We still make the same forms our grandfathers made, and we work the same way. We have not turned the place into a museum: the fire is still lit, the wheel still turns, and we still sell what we make.
- More than 400 years
- Traditional clay kiln
- Electric kiln
How we make it
From clay to pottery
Every piece passes through these steps, and some of them take us days.
- 01
We choose the clay
We bring clay from the land of Bahla and from the Al Hamra mountains, and choose the right clay for each vessel.
- 02
We knead it and clean it
We clean the stones out of the clay and knead it until it softens and becomes even in our hands.
- 03
We shape it on the wheel
We centre the clay on the wheel, then raise it with our fingers until it becomes a vessel.
- 04
We leave it to dry
We line the pots up on the shelves in the shade. We do not rush the drying, or they crack.
- 05
We fire it in the kiln
In the traditional kiln we watch the fire for three or four days; in the electric kiln it is done in hours.
Our clay
Where our clay comes from
Each kind of vessel needs its own clay; we do not use one clay for everything.
- Cooling clay
- From the land of Bahla
- Red clay
- From the Al Hamra mountains
- Cooking-pot clay
- Imported