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Chunar Red Clay Pottery - Mirzapur

The Art of Handling of Clay

by

Prof. Bibhudutta Baral and Aakash Sharma

Tools and Raw Materials

Tools used for Chunar Red Clay Pottery are as follows:

• Mitti/Red clay	- Mud used to make the objects.
• Mustard oil	- Helps in keeping mud intact.
• Potter wheel	- Helps in spinning the mud and carving out an object.
• Starch	- Helps in getting stiffness in clay.
• Dry branches	- Used for kiln and acts as an agent of fuel.
• Firewood/Rice Strew	- Helps in continuous fire over the night for kiln.
• Ash	- Used as a powder to protect from sticking to one another.
• Water	- Used to mix with clay to follow the process.
• Molds	- Used to shape the object for a final outcome.
• Lahasur	- A tool used to cut the clay.
• Kilns	- Where the clay pots are baked and operated at temperatures between 700 – 800 degrees Celsius.
• Stick	- Is used to spins the wheel around.

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