To The Land Of Blue Potters

It is always a good idea to listen to your gut feeling and sometimes even better to act on impulses. I did a similar thing today, leaving behind my city to go and learn about the art of blue pottery. It was beautiful and a rather unpredictable ride for an hour thanks to the changing skies.

As soon as I reached my destination, I was given a warm welcome with a cup of tea which obviously marks the highest standard of welcoming in my books lol :P After some chit chat with the family (who were all masters of pottery) , I was taken through the entire process and hard work with which this craft is done.

The initiation of the process is with ingredients such as quartz stone, glass, katira gum, and fuller's earth mixed to form a powder and then into clay like form. It's almost like making tortillas! For example, a dough is flattened and formed into the desired shape after which is put to dry in the open. Once dried, they are filed by hand to smoothen the texture and dipped in white paint to give them that extra glow.