The pottery is one of first craft activities of the world. Morocco is one of the countries which holds a considerable competence in the art of the pottery through the history of mankind.

The pottery, mostly functional, utilitarian and modest at first, now absorbs more and more a new trend in decoration combines traditional skills with contemporary designs and colors, which has successfully moved the Morrocan pottery at the forefront of universalism.

Moroccan pottery is distinguished into three major categories: the pottery city, mostly manufactured in Sale, Fez and Safi; rural pottery, a specific one in the North, and the other one in the South of Morocco.
The most famous and the oldest workshops of pottery in Morocco are those of Tamegroute, a small town 18 km in the South of Zagora. In these workshops reign a friendly atmosphere, convenient to the creativity in the heart of a small traditional hamlet. The potters extract the clay in subterranean galleries, and prepare the slip by trampling foot.

Traditional kilns, which can contain up to 800 pieces are heated with palm trees and dry brush. It takes about a day to fill in the kiln, separating the pieces so they do not stick. Once the doors tightly closed with stones and clay, baking takes about four houres. After a night cooling, the pots with their beautiful and a little irregular green color are ready.