Doha News
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20th August 2025
Reimagining pottery in the desert: tradition meets creativity in Doha
Indonesian ceramicist returns to Qatar for a residency that builds on the legacy of the 2023 Year of Culture to collaborate and reimagine clay’s place in society.
The wheel spins, hands join, and the clay changes shape. The form holds until it does not.
For Francisca Puspitasari “Kika”, pottery mirrors life. “You do your best,” she says, “and then you wait. When you open the kiln, you don’t know what you’ll find.”
It is how she approaches her craft: to guide but not control, to accept what em...