Thursday 29 June 2017

Pottery manufacturing, Morocco



This is a guy who I met during a travel with friends in Morocco. They were visiting a family living nearby the potters quarter of the village and happened so that one of the guys worked as a potter and he invited us to see how their everyday life and work in the small factory is going on. It was done in old fashioned way with a kick wheel, which I thought was pretty cool, but also I notices that they burn old tires when they bake the pottery, which was not cool at all and makes the work and life in the area very unhealthy. I felt sorry for them, but sadly I am not really in position the help them, but at least I can rise awareness of that problem. In my blog I posted a few pictures from the workshop if anybody is interested.

Gate of a pottery factory, Morocco
Inside of the pottery factory, Morocco
Inside of the pottery factory, Morocco
Inside of the pottery workshop, Morocco
Potter at work with a kick wheel, Morocco 
Potter at work, Morocco 
Potter at work with a kick wheel, Morocco 
Finishing touches of a pot, Morocco
Potter at work with a kick wheel, Morocco 
Potter at work with a kick wheel, Morocco 
Potter at work with a kick wheel, Morocco 
Potter at work with a kick wheel, Morocco 
Potter at work with a kick wheel, Morocco 
Potter at work with a kick wheel, Morocco 
Potter at work with a kick wheel, Morocco 
The kick wheel of Moroccan potter
Decorating manufactured pots, Morocco
Firebox of the pottery oven
Firebox of the pottery oven
Pottery oven, Morocco
Hearth of the pottery oven, Morocco
Pottery oven, Morocco
Pottery oven, Morocco
Pottery oven and view of the factory, Morocco
Pottery oven and view of the factory, Morocco
View of the pottery factory, Morocco

Sunday 4 June 2017

God's Eyes (Prohodna Cave), Bulgaria



The God's Eyes (Prohodna) is a strange cave formation found in Bulgaria, which were used as a place for religious rituals from several thousand years. The thing is pretty big and still instills mystical feelings in the visitors. This one time I'm not going to talk or give explanations, because I think this is something that has to be simply seen.

God's Eyes (Prohodna Cave) Bulgaria, with the Sun through one of the "eyes"
God's Eyes (Prohodna Cave), Bulgaria
God's Eyes (Prohodna Cave), Bulgaria