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Blue Pottery is widely recognized as a traditional craft of Jaipur, its name ‘blue pottery’ comes from the eye-catching cobalt blue dye used to color.
Gopal Saini, the artist conducting this workshop loves training and has imparted training to many students/delegates in India, Japan, Germany, Russia and America. He has been honoured with the Shilp Guru Award (2012) by the Maharana Merwar Foundation, Udaipur and has several State and Academy Awards to his credit.
He loves this art and with the aim to promote it conducts workshops. Who wouldn’t wanna learn the precious blue pottery of Jaipur by this maestro in his studio? While giving special and personalized attention to everyone, he makes sure that none misses out on any learings.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Jaipur, India
Trip Category: Classes & Workshops >> Pottery Classes
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Blue Pottery is widely recognized as a traditional craft of Jaipur, its name ‘blue pottery’ comes from the eye-catching cobalt blue dye used to color.
Gopal Saini, the artist conducting this workshop loves training and has imparted training to many students/delegates in India, Japan, Germany, Russia and America. He has been honoured with the Shilp Guru Award (2012) by the Maharana Merwar Foundation, Udaipur and has several State and Academy Awards to his credit.
He loves this art and with the aim to promote it conducts workshops. Who wouldn’t wanna learn the precious blue pottery of Jaipur by this maestro in his studio? While giving special and personalized attention to everyone, he makes sure that none misses out on any learings.
Itinerary
Participants will attend a personalized Live Experience with Gopal Saini and in this session they will :
See themselves through the eyes of an artist or simply observe the genius at work.
Understand the Jaipur Blue Pottery.
Live demonstration of what goes into the elaborate process of Jaipur Blue Pottery.
Learn different materials, techniques, and the importance of heating in Jaipur Blue
Pottery.
How the dough is made from a mixture of quartz stone powder, powdered glass, fuller’s earth,
borax, gum and water.
How the dough is moulded to give an item a particular shape.
How to use blue dye, colour and glaze.
Get your hands in the dough and make a masterpiece with the pioneer.
Artist also briefs you about from where you can procure the material and tools for the art form.
