Anu Madhab Buddy, a potter conveying the expertise and craftsmanship down the eras, said in spite of the ascent in offers of ceramics things amid Baishakh festivity, they are not the recipients. He himself is no more occupied with making ceramics things.
"There is no positive aspect regarding this calling any longer. Winning from ceramics does not bolster my family, so my youngsters have left the art and are presently working in different callings," Madhab Buddy told this creator a week ago.
Madhab has 10 individuals in his family - three little girls and two children, all wedded. He acquires a living by offering ceramics things purchased from the north.
Savar was once famous for its conventional earthenware all around Bangladesh, particularly when the general population used to utilize mud things as utensils and other family products.
Anu Madhab Buddy chatting with the journalist while working in his storage facility in Palpara of Savar. Photograph: Prothom Alo.However, things have changed with time and the vast majority of the potters have been compelled to change their calling. A portion of the ceramics things, particularly show-stoppers, have made certain recovery, however just with information of artisans and backing from specialists and business houses.
Until a couple of years back, Madhab Buddy made stoneware focusing on higher request and request amid the Baishakh festivity.
"I am working for around 35 to 40 years. My dad taught me the work from an early age. We used to make everything conceivable from mud. Malsha (pot) is the most widely recognized thing of ceramics and Dhakai malsha was extremely celebrated in the nation," said Madhab Buddy.
"There were around 15 groups of potters around this territory who earned their vocation from this work around 25 years back. Yet, now, none of the families with the exception of our own is here to keep the custom alive," he said.
"At one time it was difficult to avoid fill in as individuals needed the greater part of the things from kitchen utensils to design pieces for their
homes. We likewise used to make dirt dolls, icons of Hindu divine beings, window boxes, and a wide range of extravagant mud things and kitchen product. In any case, now time has changed as utilization of mud things has declined." Madhab Buddy said while arranging his earth things for deals.
"We used to gather earth from the banks of Dhaleshwari stream. Around then we use to take huge pontoons and gather dirt for our work. The pontoons loaded with mud cost around Tk 2000 around then," he said.
The shop of Anu Madhab Buddy where he offer his mud things in Palpara of Savar. Photograph: Prothom Alo.There is still an interest for ceramics yet individuals would prefer not to pay a decent cost as they feel it is not that expensive any longer. It is difficult to make a benefit as the making charges of a thing is frequently more than the offering value, he included.
"Things are not the same. That is the reason I likewise quit making dirt things around three years prior. It is much less expensive to bring things from the spots like Nilphamari and Rangpur and offer it here. It is difficult to gain Tk 500 a day. Here and there it is just Tk 300, at times Tk 500 every day, and even
there are times when there is no acquiring by any stretch of the imagination. Thus, both my children are currently filling in as goldsmiths in the Savar transport stand zone," Madhab Buddy said.
"Some individuals search for extravagant painstaking work of earth nowadays. I heard some are sold at high costs in various markets in Dhaka. Yet, neither the purchasers nor the merchants appear to be occupied with the makers of the artworks," he mourned.
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