In a city of pottery and ocean air, meet the making of a vessel before it reaches the table.
Stories of the cityAround Bab Chaaba and the potters’ quarter, vessels connect the city with homes and tables. Approach pottery through material, shape and use, rather than as decoration detached from the hands that made it.
Read the storyBehind finished vessels lies a place of work and material change. A photograph of old kilns turns attention from decoration towards making, and towards the skill and time usually absent from a picture of a beautiful dish.
Read the storyThe Sea Castle stands on the coast, bringing waves into the architectural view. Beside pottery, this is another Safi: a port with memories of fortification and exchange, where stone cannot be separated from its ocean setting.
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