The Making of Pottery

When you travel through Morocco, you can't help but notice all the intricate and colorful mosaics that are on everything from walls and floors to doors and pottery.  We got the opportunity to visit a pottery manufacturer in Fez and here's a glimpse into the lengthy process that goes into each piece:

The kiln for firing pieces:

Hand painting the glaze:

Her paint:

Adding decorative wire and metal to some pieces, a father and son team:

Chiseling out individual pieces for the mosaics:

Building a mosaic table, upside down and the designers memorize where pieces need to go!

The finished pieces!

Our group in one of the finished examples of a tiled room: