Clay Artist Life In India

Clay Artist Life In India

This potters' quarter in Tehatta is home to over 50 pottery workshops. The artists here create lifelike statues of Hindu gods, goddesses, sculptures, and various human-animal models. The mud statues are exported all over West Bengal for festivals. The artists use mud sourced from the Jalngi River or imported from other areas of West Bengal. They mold and bind hay and bamboo into shapes to form the statues' skeletons. Once this is crafted and dried, layers and layers of mud are added until the artist is happy with their work. The statues are then painstakingly painted, usually by a more experienced artist. Here statues of tribal tales of the Santali family and their Idol are being made and an artist sprays glue with a machine to dress the statues at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 20/11/2023. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)

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  • ILEA002011885
  • Registered date
  • 2023/11/20 00:00:00
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  • NurPhoto / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto
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  • 5479 × 3853 pixel
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  • 300 dpi
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  • 12.55(MB)*
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    Clay Artist Life In India

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    This potters' quarter in Tehatta is home to over 50 pottery workshops. The artists here create lifelike statues of Hindu gods, goddesses, sculptures, and various human-animal models. The mud statues are exported all over West Bengal for festivals. The artists use mud sourced from the Jalngi River or imported from other areas of West Bengal. They mold and bind hay and bamboo into shapes to form the statues' skeletons. Once this is crafted and dried, layers and layers of mud are added until the artist is happy with their work. The statues are then painstakingly painted, usually by a more experienced artist. Here statues of tribal tales of the Santali family and their Idol are being made and an artist sprays glue with a machine to dress the statues at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 20/11/2023. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)
      Clay Artist Life In India

      Clay Artist Life In India

      This potters' quarter in Tehatta is home to over 50 pottery workshops. The artists here create lifelike statues of Hindu gods, goddesses, sculptures, and various human-animal models. The mud statues are exported all over West Bengal for festivals. The artists use mud sourced from the Jalngi River or imported from other areas of West Bengal. They mold and bind hay and bamboo into shapes to form the statues' skeletons. Once this is crafted and dried, layers and layers of mud are added until the artist is happy with their work. The statues are then painstakingly painted, usually by a more experienced artist. Here statues of tribal tales of the Santali family and their Idol are being made and an artist sprays glue with a machine to dress the statues at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 20/11/2023. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)
        Clay Artist Life In India

        Clay Artist Life In India

        This potters' quarter in Tehatta is home to over 50 pottery workshops. The artists here create lifelike statues of Hindu gods, goddesses, sculptures, and various human-animal models. The mud statues are exported all over West Bengal for festivals. The artists use mud sourced from the Jalngi River or imported from other areas of West Bengal. They mold and bind hay and bamboo into shapes to form the statues' skeletons. Once this is crafted and dried, layers and layers of mud are added until the artist is happy with their work. The statues are then painstakingly painted, usually by a more experienced artist. Here statues of tribal tales of the Santali family and their Idol are being made and an artist sprays glue with a machine to dress the statues at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 20/11/2023. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)
          Clay Artist Life In India

          Clay Artist Life In India

          This potters' quarter in Tehatta is home to over 50 pottery workshops. The artists here create lifelike statues of Hindu gods, goddesses, sculptures, and various human-animal models. The mud statues are exported all over West Bengal for festivals. The artists use mud sourced from the Jalngi River or imported from other areas of West Bengal. They mold and bind hay and bamboo into shapes to form the statues' skeletons. Once this is crafted and dried, layers and layers of mud are added until the artist is happy with their work. The statues are then painstakingly painted, usually by a more experienced artist. Here statues of tribal tales of the Santali family and their Idol are being made and an artist sprays glue with a machine to dress the statues at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 20/11/2023. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)
            Clay Artist Life In India

            Clay Artist Life In India

            This potters' quarter in Tehatta is home to over 50 pottery workshops. The artists here create lifelike statues of Hindu gods, goddesses, sculptures, and various human-animal models. The mud statues are exported all over West Bengal for festivals. The artists use mud sourced from the Jalngi River or imported from other areas of West Bengal. They mold and bind hay and bamboo into shapes to form the statues' skeletons. Once this is crafted and dried, layers and layers of mud are added until the artist is happy with their work. The statues are then painstakingly painted, usually by a more experienced artist. Here statues of tribal tales of the Santali family and their Idol are being made and an artist sprays glue with a machine to dress the statues at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 20/11/2023. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)