Thesis Reports:Revival of the Dying Craft (Ceramic Cottage Industry) by Aqsa Khan 2015

Revival of the Dying Craft

(Ceramic Cottage Industry)

THESIS REPORT

PRESENTED TO

THE FACULTY OF DESIGN

NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ARTS,

LAHORE, PAKISTAN.

  

BY

Aqsa Khan

ROLL NO. 59

4^TH YEAR CERAMIC DESIGN

9^thJANUARY, 2015.

“Pots are about something other than use; they are not abstract in the way that art can be but belong in a context, they are not disengaged, but are about being with people and engaging with them.”

Jane Hamlyn (1991)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.      Preface                                                                                                                 

2.      Chapter 1

·         Situation (History of clay and craftsmanship)

·         Research (investigation, potters industry framework,)

·         Problem Identification

·         Analysis

                                                                                                                       

3.      Chapter 2

·         Benefits of terra cotta utensils

·         Potters present range of utensils

·         Introduction to new design range

·         Users survey

                                                                       

4.      Chapter 3

·         Non-Flame ware Utensils

·         Clay body

·         Glaze & Glaze Experiments

·         Flame ware Utensils

                                                                                         

5.      Chapter 4

·         Rice Pot (Handi Variation)

·         Steamer

·         Handi Modification

·         Shallow Frying Pan

6.      Chapter 5

Costing                                                                                                                       

7.      Bibliography