Captivating pottery from Khurja

A MIXTURE of special clay, feldspar and quartz, distinctive decorative and functional forms to suit contemporary tastes, colours ranging from the traditional blue to warm orange, brown and red. And impeccable craftsmanship by mastercrafts person Fiyaz Ahmad. Add to it all techniques such as drip glazing, exquisite designs ranging from floral to geometric to free flowing - and you have the Central Cottage Industries Emporium's Exhibition of Khurja Pottery which is on at their premises (Temple Towers, 672 Anna Salai, Nandanam).

Presenting an attractive range of dinner and breakfast sets, tea and coffee sets, mugs for tea, coffee and beer, lamp bases, vases and urns, the Khurja Pottery Exhibition celebrates not just a vital and living craft tradition but a melding of design sense and aesthetics with craft which brings creative excitement to contemporary lifestyle.

The pottery items captivate with their sheer exuberance of colour and chic forms. Dinner and breakfast sets, minimalistic in design embellishment yet rich with colour, catch the eye in a medley of beautiful floral motifs and free flowing modernistic statements. The crockery sets come in a wide variety of colour and design, many colour coded to match the moods of interiors.

Some of the most stunning items of Khurja Pottery, both in crockery and lamps are done in the drip glaze technique, arresting in their deep blue and clay compositions. The range includes drip glazed blue and beige lamp bases in fantastic forms, tea sets, coffee mugs and vases. Pottery items featuring light relief with raised patterns, typical of Khurja, are also available.

Large to medium sized vases, done in the Chinese art genre, form another compelling feature of CCIC's fare, sponsored by the Development Commissioner of Handicrafts, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The vases have been exquisitely embellished with a patterning of bold yet delicately executed floral motifs in pinks, blues and oranges. The vases and lamp bases come in a variety of sizes. The exhibition of Khurja Pottery concludes on December 19.

PUSHPA CHARI

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