COLLEGE PROJECTS KUMBHARWADA DOCUMENT:KUMBHARWADA DOCUMENTATION. It's home tothe pottery industry, one of Dharavis most famous local cafsIn the smal gas between their houses, artisans throw and fie pots of all shapes and sizes, from small cups for yoghurt to diya candles, larger water pots or manent The potters brought ther family trade with them, and maintain ike many in Mumbal~stong tes to thelr ancestral ages They ein constant communication (physical and online) wih their families in the Noth, collaborating to improve kind visting thir vilages regularly, and signficantly, importing ther clay from there th op of he rage 0 Feet Rood,Kumbhanwada in Dharavi is an establishment of potters almost 100 years old. Itis the largest community of potters in Mumbai. They are originally from western Maharashtra,Saurashtra, Gujarat. They migrated in the second half ofthe 19th century. Khumbars means potter in marathi and Wada means colony. In the 1800s, Mumbai's municipal authorities moved the potters, who had previously settled in the Souther tip of the city, to what was then its Norther fringe. In the wealthier parts of town, the smoke: from their kilns was deemed a nuisance. When they arrived, Dharavi was a no-man's land between two railway lifes, @ otted with a few villages, which have since expanded into one large settlement. ‘As Bombay grew, Dharavi ended up in a more central location, prompting property speculation and a cultural, touristic and academic interest in the ‘neighbourhood. + By the beginning of the 20th century, Mumbai had started growing northwards turing itself into a modern city with mega infrastructure complete with water supply, sewerage and transportation networks, + Industries, housing, commercial offices and several civic facitiés were also bull This attracted large numbers of migrants. + While the white and blue collared workers could afford better living conditions, low-paid labourers engaged in laborious physical work — masons, carpenters, loaders, blacksmiths, and others were left to reciaim the marshes + Dharavi grew further with people who literally built the city. Kumbharwada also came into existence in the early years of the twentieth century inhabited by potters from Gujarat. + Dharavi had become the city’s labour reservoir Built incrementally by poor people without urban plans, civic regulations and without compliance'te any standards. “After independence in 1947, the city grew further northwards and Dharavi became| the centre of Mumba Independent enterprises came up within it producing garments, food, utensils, leather products ete:KUMBHARWADA DOCUMENTATION. ‘mer do sl coms rm or potey wats IReomes om Guar matis We sol cated 7 z “rasp of so use opty nang ck so Kaa i), 0000 Fs Pr ck Jakes {amit esol) 200 Re. Per bag) SR Generation of Practice? < ‘Te ooo his pottery works continued fom ore matin fo Bombay eung nth Types of prosucts? anutsetunng of rent nds of pater werk uch ator pots Diva yas Flower pols Utnsie y ‘wen youhave Increase inorder 2 Diva the peak ime or the mostno. of es ‘ay season probe ? 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Diamond Seco, ‘some work abroad away rom he homeKUMBHARWADA DOCUMENTATION. usage of different materials , distribution of spaces , methods and se of diferent technologies working technologies :- Many of the workers of kubharwada have started ‘new machines for their work like electrical pottery wheel electrical kil. them are still working with older technologies lke pottery wheel and) Usage of materials - They use different type of sols like local ‘Most ofthe soil is imported from gujarat only Decorative materials dor making diyas and all are imported ftom gujarat) ‘and mumbai only ‘Specific character - Brick masonry kilns The kiln is a brick masonry structure here . the kiln is rectangular in plan with length 3 metre , breadth 2 metre and height 1.8 metre . Half of the structure stands on. brick wall and then itis continued.with steel rolls | p=» \hich suppor the asbestos sheet which work as a roof Tr) ‘The roof is placed only in rainy season. atthe bottom of the kiln thefe are gaps from which the workers put pieces of cloths which are bummed to heatthe pots. | ‘the middleof the brick wall horizontal steel bars are placed on which sits an asbestos sheet which is heated with the pieces of cloths . the pots are placed on these asbestos sheet A the top ofthe rick wl a bed of cations placed whch taps the heat and maintains thetemperature of kin.WIEW OF HOUSE + Like most of the built form in Dharavi, the buil-form of Kumbhanwada Ras a deep. relationship with the activities of the people. Its natural that with their meagre incomes and the kind of occupation that requires a day-long involvement, the Kumbhars would build their houses near thelr place of work and-by'doing/s6. they have used their spaces most efficiently. + Typically, each house is a ong narrow space (normally shigle storied Bul ‘occasionally double storied), with parts ofthe house used to store raw materials intermediate products, finished products, and tools and implements. + The ground floors of the houses are generally built with brick and sontetienes- with: ‘wooden frames and tin sheet cladding, + Upper storeys arebuilt with either wooden or steel frames and clad with tn or ‘cement sheets, + The roofs aremade up of corrugated cement sheets. + The houses facing the street have shop-fronts wherethe products are Sold. Many such long narrow houses are stacked next to each other to formthe settlement + Spaces between the two stacks form the streets andthe open spaces, Which = ‘double up as work spaces and hold numerous Kins, storage spaces el + Small parts ofthese streets are covered with make-shit material and t= construction processes. This is done fo Usually proleet and svete Tavelay un-fired pots.KUMBHARWADA DOCUMENTATION. + we started the documentation from sai hospital (90 of the road several people of kumbharwada ‘Abo there was loedng of posi IE into the slums of kumbharwada we observed ma unique things with respect to pottery our experi kumbhanwada is, + The houses were designed according to the occupation of kumbharwada consists of a living space and a wroking sf combined with each other. 4 fy + specific place for cultural activities was placed in the slums . ‘Therefore most of the cultural activities was organized in kumbharwada itself for manages and al also there was algpersts Fel sy Saeeergiy i ‘which was created for community only. 5 59, i + Techniques of working was also same of the whole community. Also people were working only withthe tractonal methods and od working techniques. + New techniques and machines were not introduced among the people. + Amongst all of these , our experience of kumbharwada was gt ‘we observed and leamed many things .also we got to know abc religion and work of the people of kumbharwada.we also sew that. their work of pottery making they have certain rules , tim their work ,which also shows pottery as a proper profession. — ee > in WOMEN PREPARING CLAY. LACE FOR CULTURAL ACTIMITIES,