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Once a day for one hour I am going to put my pots aside to construct one sculpture study. Building momentum for when I return home. .
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#study #ceramics #mato #clay #pottery #terracotta #craft #maker #designermaker #sculpture #ceramicart #ceramic #keramik #coilpot #handmade #design #form
#traditional #nepalidhaka #tea #cups ! .
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#teacups #ceramics #pottery #clay #craft #designermaker #mato
This is a pottery studio with a small Hindu temple and a great view.
Looking out over an area where many potters gather to do pit firings, further back is the Kathmandu valley. The grass hut is actually straw storage for firings. .
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#nepal #mato #ceramics #clay #maker #pottery #craft #handmade #thimi #keramik #ceramica #potterystudio #ceramicstudio
A small teapot with lid inspired my Michael Simon. .
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#ratomato #mato #michaelsimon #nepal #craft #acp #designermaker #pottery #ceramics #stoneware #keramik #ceramica #teapot #tea #ceramiquecontemporaine #céramique
"same same". Hari Krishna Balami and me making teapots. Learning from one another in a cross cultural collaboration. .
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#teapot #designermaker #nepal #craft #maker #design #ceramicstudio #pottery #clay #stoneware #ceramics #ceramicart #collaboration
Over the past several years I have worked hard to establish my identity as an artist. My design internship @acp_dhukuti is a vacation from that as I break from my routine aesthetic to create things I never would have otherwise.
We have tea all the time in Nepal and this is based off the pot we are served from @acp_dhukuti .
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#acp #nepal #craft #pottery #ceramics #craft #clay #ratomato #mato #tea #teapot #stoneware #instapottery #ceramicart #wheelthrownpottery #wheelthrown #makersmovement #craftpottery #artisan #redclay #functionalpottery #handmade #handmadepottery
These photos were taken on my bus ride to work. .
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#nepal #people #life #bus
This is Hari Bahadur Prajapati smoking hooka at his shop, Jojolopa Ceramics before a rigorous day of work. .
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#ceramics #ceramicart #clay #pottery #maker #craft #nepal #thimi #hooka #morning
Although a tourist, I'm at home in the mud. The first photo was shot before the mud fight. We visited Pokhara for Ashard Pandra, the rice festival. It marks the first day of the rainy season and the time to plant rice. I also got 3rd place in the (tourist) mud race! 🏆
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#ashardpandra #pokhara
#nepal #mud #rice #riceplanting
The pottery and chickens of Nepal .
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#pottery #chicken #nepal #craft #maker #thimi
The streets of Thimi, Nepal and the Prajapati caste potters.
#thimi #nepal #prajapati #pottery #craft #clay #stoneware #maker #ceramics
In Nepal people drink a lot of tea. In the morning there is tea, at work we have tea three times, then when we get home, and for dinner. The only order I have received so far is to drink my tea before it gets cold. So, it's only natural that I would design teasets.
#nepal #ceramics #craft #pottery #maker #mug #tea #mugshotmonday #teacup #wheelthrownpottery #handmadepottery #designermaker #kitchenware
This is Jagat Krishna Prajapati, the proud owner of a new ceramic training studio called Jwojalapa ceramics in Thimi. His students range from hobbyist to serious potters that seek to continue their family tradition by working as Prajapati potters. The work being produced ranges from essential religious objects, such as oil and incense burners, to more contemporary vases with carved and textured surfaces. .
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#nepal #ceramics #pottery #thimi #craft #clay #stoneware #wheelthrownpottery #handmade #pottery #ceramicart #makersmovement #prajapati #jwojalapa
There is a place in Nepal rich in ceramic tradition where native Nepali potters work as they have been for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. This is the district of Thimi, and my friend @shyam.prajapati.3781 showed me and my fellow @_notredameart students around for an intimate view of the Nepali potters life. These caste potters make wares for Nepali people. They make pots that ferment beverages and foods, store grains and spices, and and are used in Hindu prayer and worship.
This first photo captures so much of what I love about Nepal. The craft, outdoor living, the colors of women's dresses, family, and the cohabitation with animals.
The clay is sourced locally. There are no tourists, and the streets are full of Hindu temples and symbols.
Pictured here is Shing Bahadur Prajapati & Mishri Prajapati
#nepal #newari #craft #ceramics #maker #pottery #clay #hindi #jar #thimi
This morning @shyam.prajapati.3781 gave us the tour of his neighborhood in Thimi. Shyam is currently the head of ceramics @acp_dhukuti and is setting up his own studio in the same neighborhood where he was raised and still resides. He comes from the traditional Newari potters cast and bears the sirname Prajapati, which means pottery has been in his family for more generations than he can keep track of.
This is his studio, he has a pile of local Nepali clay out front, ready to be processed, and inside he has been working on diyas (oil burners) for the upcoming Tihar festival. Tihar is a five day Hindu festival where these oil burners are lit inside and outside everyone's home, creating a magnificent night city scape.
The Tihar festival is a beautiful tradition. On the first day the crow is worshiped as the symbol of a messenger. The second day, dogs are worshiped. The third and most important day everyone worships themselves. They also worship cow dung on this day which let's you know what an old tradition this is(really though, where would our fruits and vegetables be without it?!) The fourth day Laxmi, the goddess of money is worshiped and finally on the fifth day, brothers and sisters celebrate and worship one another.
#thimi #bhaktapur #pottery #clay #craft #maker #tihar #deepawali #yamapanchak #swanti #diyas #prajapati #potter #artisan #makersmovement #nepal #nepaliartist #nepaliculture #ceramics #keramik #ceramica #ceramicart #nepal #oilburner
People and prayer
#hinduism #nepal #kathmandu
The tricky part about designing products @acp_dhukuti is that it has to be easily reproduced by the artisans after I leave. This lamp base was made by throwing simple cylinders on the wheel and stacking them to form a more complex shape.
The shade was designed by a former Notre Dame grad student .
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#ceramics #pottery #craft #maker #ceramiclamp #handmade #handmadelamp #wheelthrown #wheelthrownpottery #terracotta #design #homedecor #interiordesign #instapottery #lamp #nepal #kathmandu
Right across the street from where I live there is a copper workshop. These skilled crafts people make their living selling copper wares. They take flat pices of copper and pound them into decorative and utilitarian objects.
The Association of Craft Producers @acp_dhukuti commissions people like this to make their copper lotus bowls and vases. Meera, the director, believes these guys may be able to work for ACP while insuring they are paid a fair wage. .
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#copperbowl #poundedcopper #coppercraft #copper #craft #maker #nepaliculture #nepalicraft #bowl #vase #lotus #coppervase #homedecor #fairtrade #acp #kathmandu #pattern #texture #design #artisan #nepal
These photos are from a short walk from my home in Mata Tirtha, Nepal. A beautiful neighborhood at the base of the mountains that form the Kathmandu Valley. The bustleing city of Kathmandu is just 2 miles away, while people live in harmony with the land just up the hill.
#nepal #nature #cows #goats #corn
Shyam Prajapati ( @shyam.prajapati.3781 )and Hari Krishna Balami come from families that have made pottery for hundreds of years. They run the ceramics department @acp_dhukuti in Kathmandu.
The next photo Tara KC, Laxmi KC, and
Ganga Pantha happily chat all day while doing most of the work around the studio. They are my DD(sisters) and they treat everyone like family.
I get to work with this crew!
#fairtrade #ceramics #nepal #craft #maker #makersmovement #pottery #clay #kathmandu #nepal
