Nikos Kouvdis, 70, works in his pottery workshop using traditional methods in Agios Stefanos village, near Mandamados on the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece, September 5, 2024. REUTERS/Elias Marcou
LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) - In his seaside workshop on the Greek island of Lesbos, Nikos Kouvdis uses ancient techniques to create pottery pieces that have recently been honoured with inclusion in UNESCO's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Kouvdis, 70, and his family have kept an old technique alive near the once humming pottery hub of Mandamados, just as the slow and careful methods of the past have been largely eclipsed by factory machines.
