CERAMIC DOUMBEK DRUMS

Hand-made in Safi, Morocco

Artisans here work the clay as they have for generations. The potter sits on the dirt floor of the shop. The potter’s wheel, consisting of a stick in the middle of a large, round wooden disk, is placed below the floor. The potter places the clay on the stick and turns it by pushing the disk with his feet.

		A worker softens the clay, removing lumps and adding water to prepare it for the potter. The clay is formed into a cylinder about 20 inches high and placed on the potter’s wheel
The potter works the cylinder, creating piece-after-piece until the cylinder of clay has been used. He must be able to create multiple pieces of the same size and shape just using touch and the artist’s eye. When completed, the clay is fired in a large outdoor oven heated with wood.   Back to Drums Page

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