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Dec 2024
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An Essar Foundation Initiative presents 'A Foundation Course in Pottery' a
two-day hands-on workshop with The Clay Company……An Experience to
Remember!!
“Clay… infinitely sensitive, sensual, soft yet strong, it registers every
thought and emotion. Working with clay is much like 'life' itself… one goes
from a deep sense of control and power, engagement and even obsession with a
piece until it is done, to the ultimate sense of detachment when one finally
surrenders it to the supremacy of the kiln - accepting and celebrating the
verdict that then emerges!”
Manisha Bhattacharya’s art is being featured in an art exhibition in Delhi commemorating Rabindranath Tagore. Manisha was a Fulbright Arts Fellow in 2003-04 to Alfred University in New York. ‘Tagore: Lost and Found’ is being organized for the entire month of March, by the Art Bull Gallery in New Delhi. In Tagore’s engagement with nature there seems to be a persistent search for arcadia. Seduced by this celebration of nature, the artist resists the seduction, to locate another site where another hue of peace is sought, within the paradigm of humanism. In November 2012, Manisha had presented a solo exhibition, ‘Silent Symphony’, at the Stainless Gallery in New Delhi.
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Aparna has spent 13+ years in the Corporate world in various leadership roles across Management Consulting and Business Process Outsourcing with companies such as riceWaterHouseCoopers, GE/Genpact and Infosys BPO. She has worked in global roles in India and across Europe and has lived in New Delhi and London. Balancing a demanding corporate career with a passion, Aparna took breaks dedicated to pottery and ceramics whenever she could. She completed a course in Tuscany at The La Meridiana Ceramics School dabbling in porcelain and raku, and another in Sculpture at the Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Back in India for a few years, Aparna went on to learn from one of the most well known Raku specialists in the country, Manisha Bhattacharya. Seven years down the road from her first introduction to pottery & ceramics, Aparna gave up her corporate career to set up The Clay Company – a company that aims to make the joy & passion of ceramics accessible to anyone interested in working with clay. In May 2011, she conducted a pottery workshop at the Alliance Francaise, in New Delhi. In July she conducted a workshop with Manisha Bhattacharya for IFCI with Indus Art Live. And since then, The Clay Company has conducted a number of workshops in Delhi as well as at our outdoor studio in Rishikesh. In Dec 2015 The Clay Company opened a studio in Nehru Place in New Delhi conducting regular workshops and classes.
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