Field Study

Craft Documentation

Pottery and Weaving

Submitted By:
Raghav Garg
Romisha Priya.
Shivam Jaiswal
Shivam Sagar
Shruti Gupta
Contents
 About Bhasariya
 About Lodara
 Major Craft – Pottery
 Minor Craft – Weaving
 NIFT Initiative
About Bhasariya
Bhasariya is a small village located in
the Mahesana district of Gujarat
situated 46 kms away from
Gandhinagar.

As per 2009 status, Bhasariya village is

also a Gram Panchayat.

The total geographical area of village is

368.3 hectares.

Bhasariya has a total population of

2,914 peoples.
Various activities in Bhasariya:

1.Farming: All the basic crops

like wheat, mustard, bajra, and
basic cereals are cultivated
in village.

2.Factory worker: There are two

factories in the village i.e. Amla
Candy factory and Medical
Hardware Factory
3. Carpentry: Apart from
weaving and Pottery, Carpentry
was practiced by just one family
in the whole village. It was
Jaswant Bhai who had been
working in this field for 30 years.

4. Shops: There were various

shops in the village which
fulfilled the basic requirements of
people. Ladies were also
engaged in such activities.
 % of people involved
Occupation

24.00% 25.00%

Weaving Pottery

1.00% 1.00%
Factory Shops

19.00% Carpentry Farming

30.00%

This graph depicts the percentage of people involved in a

particular occupation in Bhasariya village.
Basic Necessities

Schools and Anganwadis:

There is a primary school namely
BHASARIYA PAGAR
KENDRA SHALA.

It has 1st to 8th standards with

subjects including Hindi, English,
Gujarati, Sanskrit, Ganit(Maths),
Samajik, Bhugolik and
Vigyaan(Science).

There are total two schools and four

Anganwadis running in that area.
Hospital
There is 1 primary healthcare
centre in the village
which can treat the basic problems
of people. In case
of emergency, the people are
referred to Ahmedabad.

Banks
There is only one bank in
the village. In the coming years it
has been predicted
that some more banks would be
opening.
Some facts about Bhasariya
On an average, most of the
households earn Rs. 50 to
400 per day as income.

The village comes under

Mahesana which had a congress
MLA until December
2017 when BJP replaced congress
out of the political
scenario, winning on most of the
seats of Gujarat.

The village has three water tanks,

four Anganwadis, two
schools, 24x7 electricity supply.
About Lodara
 Lodara village is located in Mansa
Tehsil of
Gandhinagar district in Gujarat, India.

 The total geographical area of village

is 1147.61
hectares.

 Lodara has a total population of

7,723
people..
Some facts about Lodara
 Lodara village has higher literacy rate
compared to
Gujarat.

 In Lodara Male literacy stands at 92.98

% while female literacy rate was 80.64
%.

 It is a village having a lot of facilities

including hospitals, general shops,
veterinary hospitals, disinterrupted
power supply, water tanks, Dust bins,
garbage collecting vans
Khaman
 Khaman of Lodara is
famous all over India. We
tried it and it was indeed
delicious. The shop was
established by their great-
grand father and people
come from all distant
places in Gujarat during the
festive season just to try
Khaman.
MAJOR CRAFT
POTTERY
 POTTERY
 Pottery is one of the oldest human
inventions, originating before the
Neolithic period and dates back to
29000-25000 BCE.

 On the third day of Field Visit, we

visited Bhasariya, a small village
in Mehsana, a district of Gujarat
state.

 Here we met one and only potter

of the village.(BABUBHAI
SHANKARBHAI
PRAJAPATI)
BABUBHAI SHANKARBHAI
PRAJAPATI

Babubhai is 57 years old

2nd division B.A. pass
craftsman of the village
who devoted 40 years
of his life to the craft of
Pottery.

His wife Sharda Ben, 54, also

helps him in completion of the process
of pottery.

They have 2 sons, Rajubhai (30 years

old medicinal factory
wage worker) and Anilbhai (25 years
old auto driver).
Process:
a) Preparing The Material :
Quarrying clay
Cleaning/separating from the sediments
Drying to a dough like consistency
Mixing in proper proportions
b) Working with clay
c) Shaping and Beating
d) Drying
e) 1st Painting
f) Baking and cooling
g) 2nd Painting
 Price List
PRODUCT NAME PRICE
Large pots 250 rupees
Medium pots 150 rupees
Small pots 80 rupees
Tawaa 40 rupees
Gulak 60 rupees
Pots with tap 120 rupees
Dhakkani 10 (small)/20(big) rupees
Toys Variating
Vase 40 rupees
Bottles 150 rupees
Kullad 20 rupees
Bowls 30 rupees
Bird feeders 80 rupees
Lamp handis 25 rupees
Jhoomar 600 rupees
Plant pots 40-50 rupees
Turtle toy 40 rupees
Diya 4 piece for 10 rupees

• For painted products they added 10-15 rupees depending upon paint used and size
• Design variations do exist with variations in prices
Finished Product :
 Minor Craft
Handloom Weaving
 General Information
 Bhasariya village has been practicing Handloom weaving
since a long time.

 For the convenience of weavers of that village an association

was formed in 1961 named as ‘Bhasariya Group Weaver
Industrial Co. Society’.

 The raw material is brought from Kalupur, Ahmedabad i.e.

cones at Rs 170/kg.

 Two bedsheets could be made out of it and are sold at Rs.

162 per bedsheet.
 Products made on Handloom: Bedsheets and Towels
 Time required to make Bedsheet: 1hr
 Time required to make Towel: 30 mins.
 Wage for towel: Rs.22 per piece
 Wage for Bedsheet: Rs. 45 per piece
 Selling Price of Towel: Rs. 60 per piece
 Selling Price of Bedsheet: Rs. 120 per piece
 Monthly Income is also dependent on the type of designs
they produce. Weaving could make them earn Rs14,000-
16,000 per month.
Earlier Government use to provide bonus to these
weavers and did a lot to promote their weaving skills
but from last 5 years the government stopped
providing bonuses to these weavers which was a
major factor in the decline of weavers.
 Difficulties and Potential Problems

 Lack of Policy attention

 Lack of finance facility

 Inadequate Marketing

 Technological Changes

 Limited Products
PARTS AND PROCESS OF HANDLOOM
1.Warp Beam 2. Bobbin and Shuttle

3. Heddles
4. Beater 5. Cloth roller

6. Treadles
 Motions of Loom
 Primary motions
i. Shedding
ii. Picking
iii. Beating-up
 Motions of Loom
 Secondary motions
i. Let – off
ii. Take – up
Preparations done before Weaving

 Pirn Winding: A simple Pirn Winding machine is used for pirn

winding in handloom. The yarn from the hank is transferred on to
the pirn by rotating the wheel. Usually, the women of the house
practice this activity.
 Warper’s Beam: A set of 90 reels are used in this process for the
winding of warp yarns onto the warper’s beam.
 About 30 weavers from Bhasariya
NIFT Initiative village were given training

in weaving.
 As the designs they weaved were now outdated. Therefore,
NIFT took the initiative to train those weavers and help them
learn new designs and patterns so that they could increase
their level of earning.
 Moreover, they were also paid a stipend of Rs. 3000.