How to get to Jerusalem Pottery Hagop Karakashian.
Video walkthrough showing how to walk to my store and studio, entering through Jaffa Gate by foot.
Go past the tourist information center, and take the second left on Greek Catholic Patriarchate road. Continue on the same street, which turns into the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate street. I'm at number 3 the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate street.
President Macron’s visit to my Armenian pottery studio in Jerusalem
My wife Tzoghig Aintablian Karakashian, explaining the history of our Armenian pottery to French president Emmanuel Macron, during his visit to my ceramic studio. #macron #armenian #jerusalem #karakashian #armenianpottery
Jerusalem Pottery
Jerusalem Pottery - The Armenian pottery of Jerusalem, a family tradition since 1922.
The tiles of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem needed repair. So the British mandate invited a group of Armenian potters and tile makers from Turkey to renovate the tiles. They arrived in Jerusalem 1919. Among them was master painter Megerditch Karakashian, who along with his partner, set up a pottery in Jerusalem, and established the art of Armenian pottery in the holy land.
Today, my father and uncle and I, continue the tradition of making pottery and hand painted tiles, in Jerusalem's Old City, at 15 Via Dolorosa. Visit us when you come to Jerusalem.