We are in Houmt, the main town on Djerba Island, Tunisia. In the case of this post, we are on the edge of town somewhere to meet a local potter. We went inside his small, cave-like shop. It’s a small-scale operation. I didn’t learn this but I’m guessing that this particular potter has been doing this for a very long time. Pottery making is very popular in Houmt as the souk (market) was full of pottery of all sorts.

The first photo is our group entering his small pottery shop.

The next photo was the potter just starting to create something for us. We had no idea what he was making.

In the next photo, he is adding the fancy touches to his substantial vase that he created.

He is showing us his finished product in the fourth photo and it only took him a few minutes to complete it.

The last photo is one of his two kilns, just outside of his shop. You can notice the dead palm fronds on the top of the rocks and they are what he uses to heat up his kilns and cure his pottery.