"Gragos" Qena .. The story of a village painted its name "porcelain" globally .. Photos
In the village of Gragos in the province of Qena, minds occupied in the rural village of the ancient heritage industry, reflect the life and nature of the village, which has become a global, became a shrine for tourists and foreigners because of its fame in the manufacture of ceramics made from silt.
The history of the pottery castle dates back to the 1940s, and was designed by the leading architect Hassan Fethi. In the early 1950s, the French monk Stephan Devinfeld revived the porcelain industry in the village again until it was handed over to the generations. The state by encouraging handicrafts, with the support of small craftsmen to acquire that craft.
"Day Seven" wandered inside the manufacturing workshop, which was built from clay, which reflects the nature of the place, the silt scattered everywhere, and the cycle of work began to be active when dozens of young people found their way to learn that craft to become their source of the most important industries characterized by the village, One of the most important villages in the world in the ceramics industry, and became a shrine to all universities of quality education and departments of "sculpture".
Despite the long years, the method of manufacturing still retains its form within the manufacturing plant, where the temperature is low due to the formation of the formation of the ceramics from silt, pottery and mud ash, which is brought from the mountains, and enters several stages are stored in a dedicated place inside The plant, then passes through the various stages of manufacturing to form the models.
"After the clay is brought, it is mixed with water and then poured into two large basins in front of a barrel until the mud is deposited from the bottom and the water and impurities float up," Ishaq Yousef, 55, one of the oldest craftsmen in the village of Gargos, said. , After being filled with leaves for a large period of up to a month or more until the mud dries out of the water.
He added that the state began to look at the handicrafts and began to support them because it is the ceramic industry in Gargos from One of the most important handicrafts in the world.
While the number of young people who receive training in the ceramics industry stressed that the State's support for handicrafts encouraged them to learn a craft that will contribute to providing them with a job opportunity in the future. We have learned certain stages in the ceramic industry, which is the formation of poultry and small things. Chamber of furnaces, where the stage of burning Room engraving statues Painted pieces and processing of the second fire, where the final stage of the graduated piece of porcelain ready for use and sale.
Al-Shabaab concluded by saying that the country has contributed to our support for learning this craft. After passing all the wandering, the labor market will be more than a Bedouin artist capable of making ceramics. The village of Gargos is a pioneer in exporting ceramics to the countries of the world. And watch the stages of its manufacture.
– قناة الزراوي
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