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Terracotta Clay

Clay is a natural soil material containing clay minerals that becomes plastic when wet and hard when dry. There are different types of clay used for various purposes. In India, clay is commonly used to make pots, figurines, toys, and sculptures. It is also used in construction for roof tiles, bricks and decorations. Longpi black pottery from Manipur is unique in that it is made without a potter's wheel from a paste of black serpentine stone and brown clay, producing pots that are polished, sun-dried and fired.

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Terracotta Clay

Clay is a natural soil material containing clay minerals that becomes plastic when wet and hard when dry. There are different types of clay used for various purposes. In India, clay is commonly used to make pots, figurines, toys, and sculptures. It is also used in construction for roof tiles, bricks and decorations. Longpi black pottery from Manipur is unique in that it is made without a potter's wheel from a paste of black serpentine stone and brown clay, producing pots that are polished, sun-dried and fired.

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Introduction

Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals.

Clays develop plasticity when wetbut become hard, brittle and non–plastic upon
drying or firing

Clay is the oldest known ceramic material

How is clay prepared?

chemical weathering of silicate-bearing rocks.

locally from hydrothermal activity.


Types of clay
The clay minerals formed depend on the composition of the source rock and the
climate

Types of Clay :

▪ Ceramic clay bodies (Natural)

▪ Polymer clay (Man made)

▪ Sculpt Air- Dry Modeling Clay

▪ Paper Mache clay

Types of Ceramic clay bodies :

▪ Terracotta clay

▪ Earthenware

▪ Stoneware Clays

▪ Kaolin (Porcelain) Clays


Usage of clay in Indian market
Used in making pots and other utensils
used for making giant figurines
Used for making small toys for kids
Used for making sculpture for decorating temples
Used for making figurines of gods and goddesses.

During Durga Puja in West Bengal

enormous figures of the goddess are

created.

Terracotta is also used in making roofing tiles , bricks and surface embellishments
in building construction
Longpi black pottery
Longpi ( nungbi) pottery from Manipur is made from a mixed paste of ground black
serpentinite stone and special brown clay, which is found only in Longpi village. This
pottery crafted by Tangkhul tribe who reside in Nungbi village

unique feature of this craft is that it is crafted without a potter’s wheel.


The pots are manually shaped, polished, sun-dried and fired in a bonfire

The black color of Longpi ham is a result of polishing the heated


earthen pots with a local tree leaf
This pottery is mainly used for making utensils like water pot,cooker,cups,etc.
Longpi pottery
Longpi pottery
Prepration of clay

1. Clean the surface you are going to work on


2. Cover your work surface with newspaper.
3. Take appropriate amount of clay needed from the clay dough
4. Start wedging the clay to remove air bubbles
5. Try to use your palms instead of your fingertips when pushing the clay down
6. check the clay for air bubbles repeat the process of you find any.
7. your clay is ready to use
My experience
At first my experience with clay was really good as it reminded me of how I use
to play with clay when I was little but after that I learnt the difference between
polymer and natural clay.

Natural clay can be really tough to handle sometime.we have to control the
amount of moisture present in the clay in order to molde it easily and without
cracks which was a big task for me .
pinching was the easiest and using slabs was the most difficult one for me
My work
Thankyou

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