Andro Black Pottery
Andro, Imphal EastMade by Andro Potters' Collective
About this piece
Cooking and serving pots shaped entirely without a wheel, then fired in an open pit until the clay turns its characteristic black.
The tradition
How it is made, and why it looks like this
Andro potters build each vessel by hand: no wheel is used at all, which makes this one of the few surviving wheel-less pottery traditions in India. The clay is mixed with weathered serpentine rock, and the black finish comes from the firing rather than any glaze. Traditionally the craft is practised by the women of the village.
Materials and making
- Materials
- local clay, weathered serpentine
- Availability
- Made in small batches
- Lead time
- Agreed with the maker
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More from the same tradition
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A light silk shawl with woven motif bands at either end, worn at Ningol Chakouba and given as a gift between families.
- Availability
- Ready to collect
- Made from
- mulberry silk · eri silk
Price of Manipuri Silk Shawl: ₹3,500