Twantay Pottery

Pottery sheds

A practised team 42 years in the making!

The kiln..imagine the fire hazard!

Young women apply redder wash to dry pots while taxi driver watches

We visited the pottery making in Twantay across the river, southwest of Yangon.  The pottery has been made here like this for over a thousand years.  In the grass walled "factory" worked a potter and his wife who turned the wheel by hand as well as young women, likely daughters who applied a red clay wash to the dried pots.  They ran the kiln every 10 days with a full load of new pots.  The pots are used by nurseries to plant shrubs and flowers and are often seen around Yangon.

final crimping to the planter

Potter explains how rings are used between pots in the kiln

Pits of wet clay mixture sit over night.  Potting wheel at back right