From Pakistan to Iran, a new generation is learning traditional crafts and taking their knowledge back home
The small city of Nasarpur in Pakistan has a centuries-old reputation for its ceramics. That’s why, when the ceramic worker Ghulam Hyder Daudpota decided to come all the way to London to master his craft, he says “it seemed futile”. But, he adds: “It turned into a life-changing opportunity.”
Daudpota grew up with eight siblings in a city where the mosques and shrines are embellished with terracotta and blue glazed tiles, known as the art of kashikari. He spoke little English until the age of 27 and his parents had “no deep pockets” to pay his tuition fees.
