Black Pottery of Nizamabad

Описание: Nizamabad is a small town in Azamgarh District situated about 100km (62 miles) north of Varanasi on the banks of river Tamsa, which feeds several lakes on the outskirts of the town.

The pottery of Nizamabad is characterized by its smooth lustrous black finish with sparkling motifs of silver grey etchings which resembles bidriware of Karnataka. The black finish is due to application of clay slip, polishing and reduction firing.

There are about 35 families still living in the town which is gradually diminishing.

In an effort to promote this craft, INTACH Delhi, organized a design development workshop with the artisans and made a documentary film.

We hope you would like the documentary. Also, we would love to hear your honest opinion/feedback.

Direction & Cinematography: Subinoy Das
Art Direction: Darshan Singh
Editing: Subinoy Das & Akhil Gupta
Voice Over: Bhaveen Gossain
Produced by: INTACH, New Delhi, India.
Concept, Research & Script by INTACH Team: Bindu Manchanda, Anil Browne, Anshu Ahuja, Meenu Sharma, Pitamber.S.Rawat

Equipment used:
Canon 5D Mark III
Canon 6D
Tamron 24-70mm 2.8
Canon 16-35mm L
Canon 50mm 1.4f
Zoom H1, Nexus 5
Manfrotto 190X PRO B, 681B
Manfrotto Fluid Drag System
Vanguard SBH 300
We edited and colour graded the entire clip on Adobe Premire Pro CC and Speedgrade.

For more information:
Community, Crafts & Heritage Division, INTACH
71, Lodi Estate, New Delhi- 110003
T: +91 11 24631818; 24641304; 24692774; 24645842
F: +91 11 24611290
E: [email protected]
W: http://craftsheritage.intach.org/

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