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Meet Saima Shafi Mir - Kashmiri potter girl on a mission to revive dying a
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A similar story unfolds with Shaheena, a young girl from a potter family in Budgam. In the past, she used to secretly practice at the wheel when no one was home. While she actively assisted her father in preparing the clay, operating the wheel was strongly discouraged due to societal prejudi
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J-K: Meet the Potter Girl who revives tradition, inspires a generation
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Saima Shafi Mir, popularly known as "Kral Koor" (potter girl in Kashmiri), has not only revived the art but has also become a youth influencer, inspiring a new generation to embrace the pottery wheel.
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J-K: Srinagar's Kumar family to showcase glazed pottery at G20 summit
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Kumar family from Srinagar, renowned for their exquisite glazed pottery craftsmanship, is preparing to showcase their creations at the upcoming G20 summit in Kashmir.
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Study: Amazonian 'black earth' may give clues to global forest regeneratio
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Millions of Amerindians living in today's Amazonia altered the formerly poor soil through numerous mechanisms between 450 BCE and 950 CE. Soils were enhanced with charcoal from low-intensity fires used for cooking and burning trash, animal bones, broken pottery, compost, and manure through m
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Pottery colours tell a lot about power of empires: Study
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Our use of colour to express who we are, where we come from, and what matters to us plays a significant role in our daily lives. Archaeologists have compared the hues on various pieces of prehistoric Peruvian pottery in a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The
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Colours of pottery hint at power of an empire: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Wari empire spread over Peru's highlands and coastal areas from 600-1050 CE. "People sometimes think of the Inka as the first big empire in South America, but the Wari came first," says Luis Muro Ynonan, the study's corresponding author and a research associate and former postdoctoral sc
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Ahead of Pongal festival, Madurai potters busy in making pots
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Potters are making pots of all sizes, shapes and colours as demand is expected to peak this year.
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Analysis suggests pottery-making techniques carried hunter-gatherer social
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pottery-making methods spread great distances in a short amount of time due to social customs being passed down, an analysis of over 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherers has revealed.
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Hunter-gatherer social relationships carried pottery-making techniques far
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Analysis of over 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherer sites revealed that pottery-making methods spread great distances in a short amount of time due to social customs being passed down.
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Home retailer Pottery Barn ropes in Deepika Padukone as brand ambassador
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The leading digital-first, design-led and sustainable home retailer announced on Friday that the actor has been signed to promote Pottery Barn's international expansion, which began with the launch of potterybarn.in in July.
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J-K: Artistic tribute to Ghulam Muhammad Kumhar, last clay tile maker in K
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
It is worth noting that for a long time there was a practice of using earthenware in Kashmir, but in the modern era, steel and other metal vessels and other decorative items replaced them. In such a case, not only local people witnessed this unique exhibition, but tourists were also impress
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J-K: Dwindling pottery sees ray of hope in mechanical motor wheels in Srin
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 2 (ANI): Abdul Rashid Kumhar, a traditional pottery artisan in Kashmir's Pulwama district was about to wind up his ancestral livelihood earning work, but is now thinking of hang on to this small trade.
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