Puthukotta Teracotta Toys

An Art in Education Workshop Programme 2014-15

Under Navodaya Vidyalaya Samithi

( Ministry of H.R.D), Govt of India

 

Hosted by Dept. of Art

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya , Trivandrum, Kerala

Email: jnvtrivandrum@yahoo.co.in

Venue: JNV Trivandrum

Date 22^nd September to 1^st Ocober 2014

Chief Guru: Puthukottai R. Meyyar
Asst Guru: Chellam  

       

The richness of an Indian tradition.

Indian Traditional  POTTERY is a remarkable tradition of  religious Dravidian culture…  as we know that as a part of village architecture, as a wall decorative element and, today, it finds extension with its contemporary form for landscaping & Interior decoration….even in 21^st century . its aesthetics  retains is its typical freshness and earthy flavour. From the innocu

The  mud is shaped a world of tradition, custom and heritage that is simply passed on from one generation to the next. The customs and beliefs stand tall and go on undisturbed for centuries with minimal alterations and innovations.out all these fact we Indians  really love the beati of this wonderfull art form

 PUTHUKOTTAI

Capital of the only princely state of Tamilnadu during the British time (1686 to 1948) and presently district headquarters. One of the planned towns of India. Home of one among the earliest cave temples (about 1300 years old) with a continuous traditions till date. A notable centre for arts and temple architecture during the period of royalty. The Government Museum, the palace and impressive public buildings are a few other attractions.

History & Origine of

Puthukotta Teracotta Toys

The story of Ayyanar pottery …

The skill to shape these objects using clay is a testament to the skills of the maker. What I have understood and gleaned is a small drop in the ocean of this age old tradition Walking past it would transport me to a typical village known as Puthukottai in Tamil Nadu and its root end with Ayyanar family. What we understood was, this wonderful art forms transformed  the beauty of the Ayyanar figurines, their culture, traditions religious beliefs the insight of folk-aesthetic  qualities, beautiful expressions, tremendous skill with pottery making skils with their traditional tools….here ,. The  Ayyannar tradition of pottery carring us in the magical world of the ancient crafts ….we hope that the budding talents of Jawahar navodadaya vidyalaya students will  carry the seeds of this rich tradition to the future….

   

About  R .Meyyar ( Chief Guru)

R Meyyar, is an extra ordinary craft man who  keeps the origine of this pottery tradition … who has been in the profession for more than 25 years. It is a skill practiced by his father and grandfather, handed down in the family and Meyyar is a proud bearer of the heritage. Meyyar takes pride in this hereditary skill, a pride not common among descendants of craftsmen.

He adds, "only people from our community can do it. Outsiders will not be able to learn it. They can spend time on it, but they find it difficult to learn the intricacies. It is something inborn in us. It comes to us naturally." As he begins to expound, it becomes abundantly clear that, though the craft may seem easy to them, it is painstakingly done, using hard lab our as only the most basic of tools is used. Every operation is manual with absolutely no use of any mechanical or electrical tool. This craft is popular in the Pudukottai District of Tamil Nadu, Meyyar hails from Mazhaiyur in Pudukkottai district. His father Rengaswamy has learnt from his grandfather. How many years has this craft been with the family, no one knows. Some put the ancientness of the craft to more than 400 years old or more.    

 







The objective of the training is to ensure early identification of talents and nurturing them.” The training is on five fields-making of terracotta toys, Land Sc aping , Mural Painting  Painting, Teracotta toys etc.  and chalk piece-and the students chose the specific branch dear to them, says Art Teacher V.S. sajikumar JNV Trivandrum Co-ordinator of the workshop

R. Meyyar, the resource person for terracotta toys, says that the students evinced keen interest in learning this traditional art  Meyyar tells…, "I have learnt the craft since childhood watching my father and grandfather do it. It is a hereditary craft and is in our blood and genes. An outsider if he struggles a lot can learn it but he will find it extremely difficult. It comes to us naturally."

We adopted simple techniques to impart the training on making the toys of  horse, elephant, and Persian lamps. Artist G azhikkode , Contemporary Artist Sajitha R Shankar , Ratheesh   College of  Fine arts Trivandrum , Pratheep etc. are the resource persons for  taking classes for  more about  the importance of traditional arts and its importance in the contemporary  generation..

Artist  TAS Menon Rtd. Principal, Who is suppose to be the chief guest of the workshop  valedictory  function  We hope that the young boys and girls would introduce new ideas and give a new dimension to the art with the base of our rich traditions , The 10 day training is sponsored by the  Navodaya Vidyalaya Samithi Hyderabad Region said Principal & Chief Co-ordinator of the Workshop programme

Action Plan Workshop  Inaugutation

22^nd Evening 3.00 p.m. Inauguration of the Workshop

Welcome programme:

Prayer: Vidyalaya Choir

Welcome speech: Satheeshkumar B ( PGT Physics JNV Trivandrum)

 Lighting the lamp

 Inaugural Talk : Sajitha S Shankar   Contemporary Artist

Key note Address: Dr.K.O. Rathnakaran Principal

Felicitation: Mr. Pratheep PTC Member

Distributing Badge and Broucher to all participants:

Indrodusing Chief guru:

Guruvandanam

Vote of thanks: Viswanathan K

Commetee Members

 Chief Co – ordinater                                       : Dr. K.O. Rathnakaran (Principal)

Over all Incharge                                            : Mallikapushpam (Vice Principal)

Workshop Co-ordinator                                 : V.S. sajikumar, Art Teacher, JNV Trivandrum

Invitation                                                         :Abraham Plakeel  Binoy, Domenic,

Reception                                                        :Satheeshkumar B, Santhakumari P.S & Mr.Yadav

Stage programme co-ordinators                      : Sajaykumar.P.S ,  K Sasi dharan,

Media & Publication                                       : Abraham plakeel & Sreedevi puskaran

Certificate Distribution                                   : Mr. Manoj TJ & Anu S Balan , Remadvi

Finance / office                                               : Indiramma O.S  &  Jesudas, Chand bhasha

Food &                                                             :  CA & Vijayakumari,Murali  Aji

Discipline & Seating plan                                : Shajidavis &  SAlexander A ,

Seating  arrangement                                        :Nagappan, Sukumaran

Audio Video                                                    : Shahid, Kumaran, Balasuresh,

Validictory Programme co- ordinator             : Rajeshkumar B & Sajaykumar P.S

Registration                                                      : Yadav  & Sanjiv kumar

Medical                                                            : Mariyammathomas & Radhalakshmi

Day to Day Workshop Activities 

Time1 10 to 1.30 245 to 5.45 pm

2^nd Registration

23 Preparation of Clay

24 Preparation of Wheel

25 Drawing

26 Basic principles of Clay modeling

27 Simple  potery demo

28 potry toy making

29 Making Ornametal designing

30

Baking

31 Painting

1^st Exhibition

2^nd Prize Distribution

List of Participants

Class VI, 10 nos

VII, 6 nos

VIII  6 nos

IX  4 nos

XI  4 nos   ( Total 30 Nos)

Naibouring School : 10 numbers

Jnaraneeli.  4 nos

Balabhavan Vithura,2

Pacha UPS,2

Chetachal UPS 2

Badge 50 nos                      Rs      300.00

Pencil 50 nos                       Rs     250.00

Oil pastel 50 nos                        1500.00

Notepad 50 nos                  Rs      500.00

Certificate 50 nos               Rs.      500.00

CD 50 nos  Rs 1000             Rs.  1000.00

Bocay   flower                      Rs .   500.00

Momento                             Rs    1000.00

Tranpotation                         Rs. 2000.00

Remuneration                      Rs 20,000.00

Clay                                          Rs 3500.00

Ticket                                       Rs 2000.00

Mislanious Exp ( Tapoline):  Rs 1000.00