G is for Golden Bridge Pottery

This time the golden gate bridge is not that of SFO but home of pottery in Pondicherry, India. This is second post I am doing about pottery in this region. This was started by Deborah Smith and Ray Meeker founded this pottery school in 1971 at Sir Aurbindo Ashram. Since then they have stayed there and teach pottery making techniques. For more information on their school please contact them here

 

I am guessing she is Deborah.

Pottery as Passion

My search for pottery school in India is endless. I want to track down all the pottery schools in India and make a repository of those. I know making a calendar of those activities is difficult, but a guide by the city would be the ultimate product. Shalan Dere is the owner of pottery studio in Mahim, Mumbai. Pottery started as a past time for this bajaj MBA graduate and has grown into full blown pottery. She has some amazing collection which you can see at her website here

Some of her work

The arttist her self

She takes weekend pottery workshops. Anyone interested please get in touch with her with the contact details mentioned on the website.

A is for Andretta Pottery (HP)

I am so glad I am discovering all the movements in Indian pottery. One such took place in picturesque place of Andretta, nestled in the Kangra valley of Himachal Pradesh. Studio pottery may be very well known today, but 50yrs ago in India, it was unheard of. To make studio art popular, credit goes to Gurcharan Singh. Andretta sounds so Italian. To know all history of the place please read here. His son runs the pottery school now. I will post photos as soon as I find some.