Golu Bommai, Kancheepuram

Asthagiri Street, nestled on the quaint by-lanes of Varadharaja Perumal temple in Kancheepuram, is one of the places, one can see entire families engrossed in creating moulds, applying lime, drying them in bright sunshine and carefully applying colours to bring them alive.

Ganesha and Durga, Kumortuli, Kolkata

Straw lined roads, criss crossed bamboos and enthusiastic students with cameras, announced the approach to Kumortuli, the potters colony of Kolkata where Goddess Durga takes ‘birth’. The smell of wet clay guided us into a maze of lanes and by-lanes where deft hands moulded clay into divine forms inside narrow confines.

Lacquered Turned Wood Toys | Channapatna

Channapatna toys are largely made out of ‘soft’ ivory wood (known as alae mara in Kannada) and artisans in both manual and mechanised units use non-toxic, non-chemical colours, which they make themselves.

Jamakalam Bhavani, Tamil Nadu

Jamakalam is a cotton Dhurrie characterised by colourful stripes most common in the South of the country. Its a part of almost every household and somehow magically appears to floor the festive ceremonies.

The raw materials are provided, they weave in their loom and supply the orders back to the government operated cooperative for sale.

Firozabad

Firozabad

Mass Production Khurja, Uttar Pradesh

During this step the clay is placed on a pottery wheel in a mould. A potter will then punch the desired form of the cup by spinning the pottery wheel and moulding the clay. This ensures that any geometric shape can be formed due to easy deformation of the material.