Jaipur Blue Pottery - 2

In my last blogspot I related the story of how this art form was restored to its present status by the untiring efforts of Shri Kripal Singh Shekhawat of Rajasthan.
He gave me the formulation for the body to fashion the articles and glaze etc. which I am reproducing here:

Materials used in Jaipur Blue Pottery

Body

Waste glass ground *

( *scraped from walls of glass making furnaces)          150 mesh   100kg

Silica                                                                                            10kg

Tragacanth                                                                                     1kg

Sodium sulphate

or Papad khar

or Multani matti                                                                              1/4kg

Water                                                                                   as required

This is used to fashion articles by hand and from press moulds. After drying they are coated with a slip.

Slip

White glass ** ground 250  mesh        2.75kg

Silica                                               2.75kg

Wheat flour

(boiled and seived)                           2.75kg

Water                                      as required

**This glass is from broken glasses used to serve

chai in Dhabas

After the slip dries the article is bisqued and glaze is applied

Glaze

Borax                                     25kg

Red lead                                 25kg

Decration with overglaze tints.Most decorative designs are hand drawn by the artist.

Firing to 850 deg C in 4 hours – both bisque and glazing.

WARES ARE NOT FOOD SAFE

I have not tried this technique but seen it being carried out. The grinding of glass is done in the traditional manner by hand on grinding wheels