ceramic heaven (CJ)

Finding somewhere to fire the ceramic pieces I wanted to produce was always a bit of a concern.  A priority for me.  After meeting Mayur, he very kindly brought us to Laxmi to meet Deepak Tahilani, and see the ceramic production set up there in Memco - about 25 minutes in the car from Dahl ni Pol.








Perfect for my way of working, there is a tunnel kiln firing tea cups and saucers in their hundreds every day, and the firing cycle takes around an hour - amazing!

Transfers are printed upstairs, then covercoated and dried in beautiful stacking racks.

Downstairs, pieces are decorated with transfers and painted lines,

before being packed into wire baskets and stacked ready for firing.

After processing through the tunnel kiln (note the tiles with gods at the entrance to the kiln), they are then returned to the packing room,

where they are checked

and packed ready for distribution.

Deepak was so accommodating and was very supportive of the project and idea of running a workshop with families in Dahl ni Pol, he gave us 3 boxes of cups and saucers and the promise to send 2 of the decorating ladies (one transfer, one line drawing) to work with us on Sunday.
All in all a very good day!!!

More images of both Mayur and Deepak's studio/productions facilities in flickr...