Home Awards Pictures Art Gallery Membership Guest Book Email Us     Introduction Preface Forwards Message History Society Who's Who   Activities Exhibitions Publications Courses Exchanges Competitions Tusau Padan   Craft Kain Songket Weaving Musical Beads Pottery Wood Carving   POTTERY           SARAWAK POTTERY Click On Thumbnail For Bigger Picture POTTERY IS ONE OF THE CRAFTS PRACTISES BY THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF SARAWAK SINCE ANCIENT TIMES AS WELL AS BY THE MIGRANT CHINESE. VARIOUS TYPES OF POTS WERE MADE FOR DAILY USE AND FOR CEREMONIAL AND RITUAL PURPOSES. TO GENERATE INTEREST IN POTTERY ATELIER HAS ARRANGED FOR THE FOLLOWING WORKSHOP:- 20 - 22 JULY 1992 AS PART OF THE BRITISH CERAMICS EXHIBITION, THE BRITISH COUNCIL SENT A POTTER, MISS SABINA TEUTENBERG TO GIVE A LECTURE AND WORKSHOP IN KUCHING AT THE PREMISES OF SOCIETY ATELIER SARAWAK. ON THE 21ST AND 22ND JULY WORKSHOPS WERE CONDUCTED FOR ABOUT 10 PERSONS, MOST OF WHOM ARE EXPERIENCED POTTERS. THE FIRST DAY WAS CONCENTRATED ON PREPARING THE CLAY AND ON HOW TO FORM DIFFERENT SHAPES AND PATTERNS. THE 2ND DAY WAS MAINLY ON USE OF COLOURS AND DECORATION.