Marble workshop
Greetje and me went to visit the marble workshop which was about 30 minutes drive into the south of Jaipur. They had a really nice house there where the family lived with the workshop to the rear of the property.
The men loaded a huge piece of marble onto their lathe and proceeded to turn it into Greetje bowl. I loved his health and safety outfit - a scarf tied round his head to dull out the huge noise and a pair of everyday specs - there were chunks of marble flying everywhere . . . It didn’t take him that long to turn the rough outside shape and then then to extract the middle section of the bowl.
As he turned the bowl we were invited inside the house by the women - it was amazing - everything was made out of marble - including the tv stand and clock.
