A potter's wheel is a common feature in any village in India and the art of Pottery Painting has been a part of the Indian Culture since times immemorial. This rustic craft has a quaint charm, which appeals to the most hardened urbanites.Pottery, in India, is essentially a village craft. Vessels of clay are shaped in a wheel and then baked in furnaces. These vessels are of different shapes and sizes. Each village has a potter community, which is exclusively involved in the art of pottery.
Blue pottery of Rajasthan
Blue Pottery Painting is an art form of Persia, which was nurtured in India under the patronage of Maharaja Ram Singhji. This art form was first introduced in Rajasthan. This exciting new art form had a fascinating recipe of distinctive ingredients like the ground quartz stone. The color schemes are also very distinctive, blue (oxide of cobalt), Green (oxide of copper) and the white base.
Some of these pottery are semi- translucent and lately this art form is being experimented with, other colors such as, yellow, dark blue and brown are also used. The conventional floral or calligraphy, hand made patterns and the animal figure patterns are the prominent designs. The various articles shaped out are mostly the traditional ones like surahis or pots of different shapes and size and these articles are used as-ashtrays, tiles, flower pots, lamp shades, jars various accessories or interior items are the forte of this art of pottery.
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