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Design Resource
Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details
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Design Resource Introduction

Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay Pottery is one of the most iconic and tangible elements of regional art. Its history is quite ancient in the Indian
by subcontinent. Though the products here are mostly slip-cast (one of the techniques of large scale production),
Sakshi Gambhir their uniqueness lies in their design quotient and color palette. A lot of intricate patterns are hand-painted in
bright blues, greens, oranges, yellows and reds.
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troduction

1. Introduction
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4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details
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Design Resource Place

Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay Khurja is a small city in the Bulandshahr District of Uttar Pradesh. It is often called as ‘The Ceramics City’ with
by its skyline dotted with chimneys. The industry manufactures products like tableware (crockery), sanitary-ware,
Sakshi Gambhir insulators, hospital ware, chemical porcelain, electro ceramics, kiln furniture, decorative wares, toys and figurines.
These are exported worldwide and some are distributed across India.
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CGCRI (Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute) has been continuously providing testing and technical
facilities to the units for their upliftment. It works independently and is serving adequately for the growth of the
industry.

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place

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5. Products
6. Contact Details

Arriving at Khurja. A signboard in the local market.

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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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place

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process Streets of Khurja. Streets of Khurja.
5. Products
6. Contact Details

A temple on the way to the ceramics factories. Streets of Khurja.

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The Craft of Clay
by
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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place

Streets of Khurja. Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Khurja.

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4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Ceramics shops on the main highway. Ceramics shops on the main highway.
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The Craft of Clay
by
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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Ceramics factories. Scrap (rejects) from the factories.

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4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

A ceramics factory. Inside a ceramics factory.

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The Craft of Clay
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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Inside a ceramics factory.

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5. Products
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Inside a ceramics factory

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Design Resource People

Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay This craft is mostly practiced by the Muslim community, specially the intricate hand-painting on the planters
by with cobalt oxide that gets fired into the legendary blue. Traditionally, in most of the potter communities in India,
Sakshi Gambhir women are not allowed to work on the wheel. In Khurja too, the men do the casting while the women only take
care of the finishing or ‘cleaning up’. Ceramic production requires good teamwork and synchronization. The peo-
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ple here are terrific at that. Over 500 factories provide employment to more than twenty five thousand people in
the city and around.

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1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process A karigar outside a ceramics factory. Karigars in a ceramics factory.
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Karigars in a ceramics factory

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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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Karigars in a ceramics factory. A woman karigar in a ceramics factory.

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3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Mrs. Monika Chhatwal of Chhatwal Ceramics. A karigar in a ceramics factory.

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The Craft of Clay
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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A karigar in a ceramics factory. A karigar in a ceramics factory.

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4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

A karigar in a ceramics factory. A karigar in a ceramics factory.

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The Craft of Clay
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A karigar in a ceramics factory. A karigar in a ceramics factory.

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4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

A karigar in a ceramics factory. A karigar in a ceramics factory.

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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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A karigar in a ceramics factory. A karigar in a ceramics factory.

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4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

A karigar in a ceramics factory. A karigar in a ceramics factory.

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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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5. Products
6. Contact Details

A karigar in a ceramics factory. A karigar in a ceramics factory.

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Design Resource Process

Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay There are many forming techniques to make ceramics, one of them is casting. This is the most efficient and cost
by effective way for large-scale production. In one factory, on an average, fifty thousand cups are churned out every-
Sakshi Gambhir day. The process includes the following steps:
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process

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4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation Glaze Application Firing
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products Quality Check & Packag-
6. Contact Details Sticker Application ing
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Design Resource Clay Preparation

Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay The basic raw material for making any ceramic product is clay and that could be of several types - china clay, fire
by clay, ball clay etc. Clay in powder form is sourced from Rajasthan and Gujarat. It is mixed in varying proportions
Sakshi Gambhir with other raw materials to make clay that is ready-to-use. This is done in-house and the mix is churned in large
machines. After this it goes to the filter press that makes cakes (discs) of clay and removes impurities. This is fur-
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ther rolled out through an electric pug-mill and becomes void of any kind of air bubbles, ready for casting.

Commonly used clay types while making Khurja include:

• Stoneware : 50% ball and china clay, 50% stone (25% quartz, 25% feldspar)
• Bone China: 50% ball and china clay, 50% bone ash (calcium phosphate)
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cess/clay-preparation The choice of clay depends on temperature of firing, desired quality and finish of the product.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Clay churning machine. Clay churning machine.

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The Craft of Clay
by
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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Clay churning machine. Bone ash (major constituent of bone china).

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Clay cakes (discs) made by the filter press alongside a Clay discs in the filter press (pressed between metal
pug-mill. plates and canvas).
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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The filter press. Clay discs.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Clay being rolled out from a pug-mill. Clay being rolled out from a pug-mill.
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Design Resource Casting

Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay Once the clay is ready to use, type of product to be made is decided. For eg. Cup, plate, vase, planter etc. Then the
by ‘master copy’ (sample) of the product is made (by hand or on the wheel). This is used as reference to make the
Sakshi Gambhir mould and then finally ‘multiple copies’ are made.
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cess/casting

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
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Design Resource Mould Making

Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay Moulds are made with POP (Plaster of Paris) mixed in water. This liquid is poured in the gap between the ‘mas-
by ter copy’ and a plain POP cylindrical mould. A coat of oil and soap solution is brushed on each surface to prevent
Sakshi Gambhir sticking. The POP that gets poured takes the shape of the master copy from the inside and remains plain outside.
This mould is usually made in parts-that-make-up-a-whole to eventually make the clay-cast easy to remove. Many
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1. Introduction
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3. People Soap and oil to be brushed on the mould. Soap and oil being brushed on the mould.
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

The mould.
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The Craft of Clay
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1. Introduction POP powder being mixed in water. POP powder being mixed in water.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
POP powder being mixed in water. POP powder being mixed in water.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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POP powder being mixed in water. Air bubbles being removed from the POP liquid.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
POP mould ready to be used to cast clay.
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The Craft of Clay
by
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
POP mould ready to be used to cast clay. POP mould ready to be used to cast clay.
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
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Design Resource Slip Casting

Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay In this step, the slip (clay mixed in water) is poured into the plaster moulds. The water in the slip is drawn out by
by the POP (as it absorbs water), leaving an inside layer of solid clay that acquires the shape of the mould. When this
Sakshi Gambhir is thick enough, the excess slip is poured out from the mould. Nowadays, a lot of people use clay instead of slip to
make simpler products like cups and mugs. This makes casting faster and less messy. The clay is ‘thrown’ in along
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the walls of the mould using a hand tool on a rotating wheel-head.

When the clay inside the mould is dry enough, it is removed by opening up parts of the mould that are held
together with rubber bands. Handles of cups, animal shaped mugs, incense stick holders, flower shaped plates
etc. are all cast in similar way. Mostly women take up the task of finishing (‘cleaning up’) the rough edges of these
objects with a sponge soaked in water. These are then left to dry in the sun.
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1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
Clay ready to be cast in a mould. Clay being ‘thrown’ in along the walls of the mould using
a hand tool on a rotating wheel-head.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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1. Introduction Clay being ‘thrown’ in along the walls of the mould Clay being ‘thrown’ in along the walls of the mould
2. Place using a hand tool on a rotating wheel-head. using a hand tool on a rotating wheel-head.
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
Clay being ‘thrown’ in along the walls of the mould Clay, dry enough to be removed from the mould.
using a hand tool on a rotating wheel-head.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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Clay cast being removed by opening up parts of the Round of coiling continue.
1. Introduction mould that were held together with rubber bands.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
The clay cups, cast from the POP moulds. Moulds and casts.
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The Craft of Clay
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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Slip (clay mixed in water) poured into the plaster Excess slip being poured out from the mould.
1. Introduction moulds.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
Clay cast being removed by opening up parts of the Clay cast being removed by opening up parts of the
mould that were held together with rubber bands. mould that were held together with rubber bands.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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1. Introduction Moulds for casting handles for cups. Clay handles being removed from the mould.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
Clay handles. Clay handles.
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The Craft of Clay
by
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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1. Introduction Clay handles being trimmed and finished. Clay handles ready to be joined on cups.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
Clay handles ready to be joined on cups. Clay handles ready to be joined on cups.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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A clay handle being joined on a cup. Clay handles just joined on cups.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
Clay handles just joined on cups. A woman finishing (‘cleaning up’) the rough edges of
cups.
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The Craft of Clay
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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1. Introduction The difference between a ‘cleaned up’ and not ‘cleaned Rejects.
up’ cup.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
Sun drying the cups. Sun drying the cups.
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Design Resource
Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/casting/slip-casting

1. Introduction Mould for an animal shaped mug. An animal shaped mug.

2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
An animal shaped mug. An animal shaped mug.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/casting/slip-casting

Star shaped bowls. Leaf shaped incense stick holders.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
Flower shaped plates. Flower shaped plates.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/casting/slip-casting

Flower shaped plates. A saucer cast from a mould.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
A saucer cast from a mould. Saucers cast from a mould.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/casting/slip-casting
Series of moulds to cast vases and planters. Moulds to cast planters.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
A karigar opening up parts of the mould that were The karigar removing the clay pot from the mould.
held together with rubber bands.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/casting/slip-casting
The karigar removing the clay pot from the mould. Just cast clay pots, ready to be finished.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
The karigar trimming the rim of the pot. The karigar trimming the rim of the pot.
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The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/casting/slip-casting

1. Introduction A woman karigar finishing (‘cleaning up’) Sun drying the pots.
2. Place the pot with a sponge soaked in water.
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.2.1 Mould Making
4.2.2 Slip Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details
The pots are dry enough to be glazed. The pot is dry enough to be glazed.
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Design Resource Glaze Application

Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay Once sun-dried, the karigars start painting on the product with ‘stains’ (ceramic colors, as they call it). These are
by usually applied as an under-glaze, and get fired to almost the same color as they are in powder form. A variety of
Sakshi Gambhir patterns are painted, stenciled, sprayed on the ware. Once the stains are a bit dry, these pieces are dipped in clear
glaze that would give them a glossy (glass) layer after firing. Sometimes, these are glazed plain white, without
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any stains, to be ‘decorated’ with stickers later.

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cess/glaze-application

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Flowers being painted with stains on vases. A flower being painted with stains on a vase.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/glaze-application

1. Introduction A flower being painted with stains on a vase. A flower being painted with stains on a vase.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

A flower being painted with stains on a vase. Flowers painted with stains on vases.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/glaze-application

1. Introduction Design being stenciled with stains on a planter. Design being stenciled with stains on a planter.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Design being stenciled with stains on a planter. Design being stenciled with stains on a planter.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/glaze-application

1. Introduction Design being stenciled with stains on a planter. Design being stenciled with stains on a planter.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

A flower being painted with stains on a planter. A flower being painted with stains on a planter.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/glaze-application

1. Introduction A flower being painted with stains on a planter. A flower being painted with stains on a planter.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Flowers painted with stains on planters. Hand-painted designs, made with stains on planters.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/glaze-application

1. Introduction Stains (ceramic colors). Sponge technique of color application.

2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Design being stenciled with sponge on cups. Design being stenciled with sponge on cups.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/glaze-application

1. Introduction Design being stenciled with sponge on cups. Hand-painted cups, ready to be dipped in clear glaze.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Hand-painted cups, ready to be dipped in clear glaze. Hand-painted cups, ready to be dipped in clear glaze.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/glaze-application

1. Introduction Hand-painted cups, ready to be dipped in clear glaze. A small bowl with a strawberry design on it.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

The strawberry design gets painted red with stain. And a dash of yellow stain, done using the spray
technique.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/glaze-application

1. Introduction An animal shaped mug painted with bright stains. An animal shaped mug painted with bright stains.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Beer mug with geometric design stenciled on it. Beer mugs with floral motif.
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Design Resource
Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/glaze-application Hand-painted cups, ready to be dipped in clear glaze. Difference between the two cups - one that has only
stain painting done (right) and one that has been
dipped in clear glaze and fired.
1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Hand-painted cups, ready to be dipped in clear glaze. Hand-painted cups, ready to be dipped in clear glaze.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/glaze-application

1. Introduction Hand-painted cups being dipped in clear glaze. Hand-painted cups being dipped in clear glaze.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Clear glaze being poured inside as well. A karigar rubbing off the glaze from the bottom to pre-
vent it from sticking on the furnace shelf.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/glaze-application

1. Introduction Marks of the glaze rub-off on the sponge. Cups let to dry before they get fired.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Cups let to dry before they get fired.

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Design Resource Firing

Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay In Khurja, all the stoneware pieces (that have stain painting and clear glaze on them) go through a single round
by of firing. This is greatly cost effective. Bone china, on the other hand usually undergoes three rounds - bisque
Sakshi Gambhir firing, glaze firing and sticker firing - all separately. So, it is usually a bit more expensive. Mostly the firing is carried
out with diesel fuel.
IDC, IIT Bombay
Firing in the kiln takes the ware through three zones:
• Pre - Heating zone (about 600 degrees),
• Heating zone (about 1200 degrees) and
• Ccooling zone (about 480 degrees).

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cess/firing out from the cooling end in fifteen hours, ready to be used or worked upon further.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

The shelves of the furnace. The inside of the furnace (minus the container
cars).
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The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/firing

1. Introduction A karigar loading the car trays with cups. A karigar loading the car trays with cups.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

The fully loaded car of the furnace. The fully loaded car entering the pre heating zone of
the furnace.
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The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/firing

1. Introduction The temperature reading and other technical Diesel fired furnace.
indicators.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Diesel fired furnace. A karigar pulling out the car from the cooling end
of the furnace.
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The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/firing

1. Introduction The fired cups to be removed from the cooling The fired cups.
end of the furnace.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

The fired cups. The fired beer mug.

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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/firing

1. Introduction The fired beer mug. The fired vases.

2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Difference between an unglazed and glazed cup. Difference between an unglazed and glazed cup.
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Design Resource Sticker application

Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay Stickers are usually applied as ‘decoration’ on bone chinaware. This involves soaking the sticker in water for about
by fifteen seconds and then placing its peel on to the cup. This ‘sticking’ is obviously temporary, unless fired. Stick-
Sakshi Gambhir er firing is done only to fuse it with the clay body and is carried out at a much lower temperature. Any design
created digitally on the computer can be printed as a sticker. Most of the big tea companies get these cups and
IDC, IIT Bombay
saucers custom-made in Khurja for their free-gift-with-tea-box offers!

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cess/sticker-application

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
Plain glaze fired bone china ware ready for sticker Variety of sticker designs.
4. Process
application.
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Stickers being cut out for the cups. Stickers being cut out for the cups.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/sticker-application
Sticker being soaked in water for fifteen seconds. Sticker peel being placed on to the cup.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Sticker peel being placed on to the cup. Sticker well placed on the mug.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/sticker-application

1. Introduction A jug after the sticker firing. Mugs with stickers on them, ready to be fired again.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Cups with stickers on them, ready to be fired again. Cups with stickers on them, ready to be fired again.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
by
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/sticker-application
Difference between a cup with unfired sticker and Cups with fired stickers.
fired sticker.
1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Cups with fired stickers, ready to be packaged.

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Design Resource Quality Check & Packaging

Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay Quality check largely includes discarding the pieces that have a fault or are not well finished. The ones that pass
by the quality check are carefully packed in thermocol and cardboard boxes to be transported to its buyer.
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay

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cess/quality-check-packaging

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
A karigar packing plates with paper in between A karigar packing plates with paper in between
5. Products
two of them. two of them.
6. Contact Details
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The Craft of Clay
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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1. Introduction Cups and saucers set packed in a thermocol box. Cups and saucers set packed in a thermocol box.
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
4.1. Clay Preparation
4.2. Casting
4.3. Glaze Application
4.4. Firing
4.5. Sticker application
4.6. Quality Check & Packaging
5. Products
6. Contact Details

The products are packed carefully in cardboard boxes. The products are packed carefully in cardboard boxes.
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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay Khurja has a wide and interesting variety of products to offer in ceramics:
by
Sakshi Gambhir • Tableware: Cups, saucers, plates, bowls, trays, mugs, salt and pepper bottles, water jugs, pickle jars, napkin
rings, etc.
IDC, IIT Bombay
• Table Accessories: Pen stands, incense stick holders, candle stands, soap dispensers, soap trays, piggy banks,
photo frames etc.

• Decorative: Vases, figurines, wall plaques, hangings, lampshades, etc.

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products • Jewelry: Pendants, earrings, etc.

• Miscellaneous: Laboratory apparatus and ceramic fuses etc.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Bright and colorful cups. A set of six cups.

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1. Introduction Bright and colorful cups. Bright and colorful cups.

2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Bright and colorful cups. Bowls.

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The Craft of Clay
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Bright and colorful cups. Tea-set.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Water jugs. Water jugs.

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A set of six glasses and a jug. Tea-set with golden (metallic) rim.
1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Bright and colorful bowls. Blue bowls.

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The Craft of Clay
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Small multi-purpose saucers. Soup bowls.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Soup bowls. Bright and colorful bowls.

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A complete family dinner set (6 persons) A complete family dinner set (6 persons).
1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

A complete family dinner set (6 persons). Plates.

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The Craft of Clay
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IDC, IIT Bombay

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An intricately painted plate. Plates.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Pickle jar. A set of two pickle jars.

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The Craft of Clay
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A set of three pickle jars. A set of three serving bowls.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Serving bowl. A set of three serving bowls.

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A set of three serving bowls. A set of three serving bowls.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

A set of three serving bowls. Star shaped multi-purpose bowls.

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products

Leaf shaped incense stick holder. Pen stands.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Bathroom sets (soap dispensers, trays and Bathroom set.

toothbrush holders)
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Piggy banks. Planters, piggy banks and cups.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Vases with Indian tricolor painted on them. Planters in different colors.

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1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Planters with different patterns. Tall vases.

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A photo frame. Big pickle jars.

1. Introduction
2. Place
3. People
4. Process
5. Products
6. Contact Details

Elephant decorative piece. Ceramic fuses.

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Ceramics of Khurja
The Craft of Clay
This documentation was done by Sakshi Gambhir at IDC,
by
IIT Bombay.
Sakshi Gambhir
IDC, IIT Bombay You can get in touch with Sakshi Gambhir at sakshigamb-
hir[at]gmail.com.

You can also contact to:

• Rahul Kumar Agarwal, Bhatwara Industries

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tact-details Email: [email protected]
• S. P. Dadoo, Dadoos Ceramic Group
Email: [email protected]
1. Introduction • Monika Chhatwal, Chhatwal Ceramics
Email: [email protected]
2. Place • Neeraj Agarwal, Agarwal Ceramics
3. People
4. Process You could write to the following address regarding sug-
gestions and clarifications:
5. Products
6. Contact Details Helpdesk Details:
Co-ordinator
Project e-kalpa
Industrial Design Centre
IIT Bombay
Powai
Mumbai 4000 076
India

Phone: 091-22-25767820/ 7801/ 7802

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