Friday, April 6, 2012

DATE WITH AALI POTTERY BAHRAIN

artisans working on mans first wheel ...
shaping the pot...

moulding it into perfection
adding his final touches to his mastered piece..
into the oven to be baked...
the end products ...beautiful lanterns that can be hung inside or put in the garden..
intrigate work of art on the pot embelishments remindind the arab architecture....
down u see a typical arabic tea pot with intricate netted designs.....
Terracotta be it indian or middleeastern are a beauty.Pottery is an integrate part of Islam as a religion and the middleeast.IT is an integrate part of ARABIAN civilization...THEmud here has a white colour making it different from its counterparts in east and other countries. The AALI pottery in bahrain is the perfect place where this art is still made in middleast One can experience the glimpses of arabian architecture in these work of art,also spend a day with its artisans who still holds on to the traditional way of pot making to create their masterpieces.....More than the art these items are sold for a very reasonable price when compared to the amount of hard work they put in...

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