In Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, there are at least 700 shops selling traditional pieces of handmade clay pottery. Clay pottery appears to be making a comeback in popularity with new designs and techniques wooing the buyers back. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 06/11/2009.
The traditional pottery of Bangladesh is staging a good come back in a new form of design as the shoppers say the industry is regaining its glorious days wooing more and more local and foreign buyers.
The pottery goods made of clay, which were on the verge of collapse in Bangladesh about few decades back, are returning in almost every home in the form of decorative show pieces and one can easily find at least some such designer pieces in every house in the South Asian country.
The traditional potters, who were engaged with the profession from generation to generation, almost deserted it as the utensils made of silver and other materials grabbed the market of pottery made utensils used in past widely in Bangladesh.
But, shoppers said good news is that traditional potters are now applying more creative thinking techniques to the development of goods. They are also testing different options like making jewelry and crockery items on experimental basis.






















DADA Out Class lovely
DADA
Out Class
lovely frames
greeetings from Pakistan
Kazmi
Good to see this tradition
Good to see this tradition has survived.