Tuesday, August 3, 2010






Hi to all
In my last post I didn’t mention the process of how I make these things so just wanted to explain how I make these products .
The first step is that I need to find out clay so normally I go to pottery units but they use clay un filtered as such but for my work I need to filter it twice or thrice depending upon the quality of clay. I can mould things only when I get pure semi solid clay.
The tools I use is really funny I call it Sophisticated HI – Tech tools I have added that in my pic.After getting the required shapes the product should be dried completely before I take them to the pottery unit again for firing. The firing is the same as any other pottery. Then comes the most important thing of designing. I normally do with cotton treads. And the coloring is a trade secret but I guarantee it is 100% naturally done. I make sure that each piece is different.
The only grief that I have is that when some people come to me and say that Rs250 – Rs 1500 is expensive as this is just clay. So at least people who read my blog should know the effort behind my products & it is not that I buy from others and sell it each bead is made by hands so it consumes most of the time………

5 comments:

  1. hi manju... so how did ur exhibition go? any pics? sorry that i couldn't come but have informed many of my friends and relatives..

    regards,
    maria.

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  2. Hi Manjusha,
    how are you doing ,I am Rachana ,and came across your blog ,iam amazes at your lovely ,eco friendly art ,i love terracota in all forms .
    i would like to have some of those bengals ,please let me know how can i have them .
    please do visit my blog and reply me as wel.
    keep the good work up ,
    greetings
    Rach

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  3. Hi Manju

    I chanced upon your blog when looking for terracotta jewellery and really loved your work. If I may ask what kind of clay do you use ? and is the jewellery fired in a kiln first? also how do you get the different colours in terracotta?

    Thanks
    Lynn

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  4. hi manju,
    i m ur new follower.
    all ur creations are fantastic.
    Thanks 4 sharing procedure.
    kasthuri

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  5. Your work is great. We would like to introduce some of our unique designs made by handicraft artists.
    Hope you will have a look at our terracotta jewellery.
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