Blue Pottery - A Timeless Art Form

1. Blue Pottery - A Timeless Art Form

2. Pottery is an ancient craft of India, where thousands of artisans make their livings by creating different kinds of earthen vessels. • Blue pottery of Jaipuris believed to be introduced in India from Turkey or Persia, through the people accompanying the foreign invaders. • Similarly, the art form of Khurja potteryis also believed to be brought to this country by the Egyptian artisans, accompanying the Afghan invader Taimur Lung or through the Mughal rulers. • Both these art forms could traced back to Central Asia, where several Mosques and other buildings still bear the ceramic tiles, made from these pottery forms.

3. Unique procedure of creating the Blue pottery items • This pottery form is unique because no clay is used here. Instead of clay, powdered quartz stone, finely grinded glass, MultaniMitti or Fuller’s Earth, borax powder, gum and water are mixed together to form the required dough for creating the pottery items. • Some people also use Sodium bicarbonate, locally known as ‘Saaji’ and a typical powdered gum called Katiragond in this dough of Blue pottery. This dough is left to rest for half a day, before it is put on the required molds in limited quantity, as per the demand of the molds.

4. Once, the shapes of the molds are acquired, this molded dough is left to be dried for at least two days. • Then, they are polished with bass stone, sandpaper and water; as well as further passed through a mixture of powdered quartz, powdered glass and water, for the final finishing touch. • These vessels are decorated with various intricate designs with a mixture of cobalt oxide and gum, leading to the unique blue color. • Very low fire is used while making these pottery vessels for 4 hours and left to be cooled down, before sending to the market. • Various kitchen jars, bowls, vases, cutlery stands and cups are made with this pottery form and these artifacts are mainly adored worldwide for their glazed appearances in unique blue colored designs. You can find a wide variety of Jaipur blue pottery online.

5. Beautiful ceramic vessels of Khurja pottery form • The small town of Khurja is particularly famous for its ceramic pottery industry, where a huge number of artisans still continue creating various crockery items, tiles, sanitary products, electrical fixtures and other various household vessels or plates. • All these ceramic goods are also exported to various countries of the world. Khurja pottery vessels are created from the mixture of quartz powder, Kaolinite, balls of plastic clay, potash feldspar, Bikaner clay, Kundan clay and fire clay. You can find a wide variety of khurja pottery online in various colours, shapes and styles.

6. Sometimes, sodium feldspar, Zinc oxide, zirconia, Barium carbonate and chromium oxide are also used; as per the requirements of the designs of the vessels. All these ingredients are acquired from different parts of India, for turning into eye-catching ceramic pottery items. So what are you waiting for? Choose and buy from a wide variety of blue pottery online.

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