After slogging for most of the week, it was difficult to think of a place to visit on a weekend, for photography. I Spoke to my friend and we both agreed to visit Pottery Town in Bangalore.
Pottery town, is right after Frazer Town, however it would get very tricky to get there if you don't know the exact place. After asking about 10 people we made it to Pottery Town. Being a Sunday we were not lucky enough to find a potter, since they too were in a holiday mood.
Luckily we happened to meet one potter who had some unfinished business to take care of. Krishna, one of the potters at Pottery Town, was born and bought up in the same house where he worked. He didn't even remember from what generation his ancestors were into pottery, thus he concluded, we were into pottery from a long time.
Krishna, very cool person, didn't mind we disturbing him while he worked and we clicked. But it was a great joy talking to him. He explained me the entire process how the mud is filtered and prepared and what are the complications involved and promised me to teach making pots in 10 days. It was a delight watching him carve out pots for about half an hour. His hands worked like magic with his crocked fingers shaped up over the years carving out beautiful pots.
Krishna continues to make more and more pots and says business is good now a days, and promises to educate his both sons. Well Krishna Potter (as i call him), I would definitely get back to him next week and give him a few of his prints as promised. One thing Krishna told me, that it was so important to take interest in what you do and definitely your work wont bore you!
For more Pictures from Pottery Town, check my photostream on flickr.
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