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A Potter's Wheel
Artist from Bankura2018
Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
One of the important tools needed to make terracotta products is the potter's wheel. The wheel is used manually to make the basic and typical shapes such as conical and cylindrical. The wheel is traditionally made of wood, and is 3-4 feet in diameter. It is locally made. The wheel is generally placed outside the house in the coutyard as open space is required to manoeuvre it.
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Details
- Title: A Potter's Wheel
- Creator: Artist from Bankura
- Date Created: 2018
- Location: Bankura
- Subject Keywords: Crafts, Terracotta, Craftspersons, Artists, Bengal
- Rights: Banglanatak.com
- Medium: Clay
- About the craft: Terracotta is the art form where clay is used to make various items especially utensils and then baked in earthen kiln to make it more durable. Terracotta pottery is distinguishable from other forms of pottery because of the distinct type of clay that is used. The clay is rich rust red in colour because of high iron content which when reacts with oxygen gives it hues of red, orange, yellow, black. Terracotta pottery can be found in the Panchmura village of Bankura district in West Bengal.
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