Pottery industry in the United Arab Emirates
Industry is the traditional crafts of pottery, which
interested the people of the region since ancient times, as it
demonstrates that archaeological techniques conducted on the pottery
were scattered for thousands of years, the presence of materials
suitable for this industry, the need of the population to pottery for
cooking and water conservation, and still the industry found in many
parts of the Gulf States, and are concentrated in the United Arab
Emirates in Ras Al Khaimah. and mud varies by region brings them to be
used in the manufacture of pottery. The mud used in the UAE is the red
mud and clay green and yellow clay, is mixed with some older types and
certain proportions are brought mud from the nearby mountains in the
Valley included. The white clay used in the industry Veetm newly
imported from Iran