Pottery & Ceramics
Wheels, kilns and glazes — from Talavera to Iznik, the oldest conversation between hand and earth.
Pottery & CeramicsÉvora, Portugal
Alentejo Blue: The Last Azulejo Painters of Évora
In a workshop tucked behind a Roman temple, three women still paint tin-glazed tiles the slow way — and a new generation is finally lining up at the door.
Pottery & Ceramicsİznik, Türkiye
The Blue Pottery of İznik Comes Back
For four hundred years, İznik tiles covered the inside of Süleyman the Magnificent's mosques. Then the workshops closed. A foundation in the same town has spent twenty-five years working out how they did it.
Pottery & CeramicsFez, Morocco
The Geometry of Fez: Zellige in the Old City
Zellige tilework is cut by hand, one tessera at a time, in workshops that have not changed since the 14th century. We spent ten days in the medina with the masters and the apprentices.
Pottery & CeramicsPuebla, Mexico
The Potter's Legacy: Talavera in Puebla
Maria Elena has been crafting Talavera pottery for forty years in Puebla, Mexico. Each piece carries five generations of fingerprints — and one of the strictest appellations of origin in the Americas.