Flaros - Sifnos

One of the most ancient crafts practised in Sifnos from the early Cycladic period all the way to the present day is pottery making.

The development of pottery Sifnos is mainly due to the abundance of refractory clay (a product of the breaking down of schist rock), mixed with the availability of rainwater, suitable fuel, and a mild climate, as well as to the exceptional dexterity and skills of the Sifnian potters in the art of processing the clay, which has been passed from generation to generation through the centuries. Thus over time the adjective ‘Sifnian’ came to mean a person practicing the profession of a ‘tsikalas’ (a Sifnian word for potter), ‘aggeioplastis’ (pot-maker or potter), or ‘kanatas’ (pitcher or jug maker).