NCERT Book Class 11 Heritage Crafts Clay

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1. No technique emerges in a day. In any craft a technique is sharpened over centuries. What do you think were the various stages that pottery-making went through that led to the use of the wheel in pottery? Describe in detail.

2. In many parts of India water is stored in clay pots. What aspects of the design and material of a surahee or matka make it suitable for storing drinking water in summer?

3. With reference to the photographs given below, identify the different techniques used by the artist to create each.

4. The history of pottery tells of the daily life of human beings, death and burial, of human migration, trade and conquest, cultural practice and influence. Survey ten houses in your neighbourhood and create a table of various pottery objects found there giving information regarding when they are used, their shape, how they are used and from where they were obtained. Especially refer to the daily life, rituals, trade and transport in the surveyed households. 

5. The invention of the wheel had a profound effect on every apect of human life. Explain the many uses of the wheel and how each has changed human life and culture through the ages.

6. Why, do you think, pottery is a specialised profession from the point of view of skill, tools, techniques and entrepreneurship?

7. On the Internet, search for new uses of clayóin industry, in homes, in science, in space travel etc.

8. Artists, poets and writers, through the ages, have used the image/metaphor of pottery. Find examples to illustrate the concept in Indian art and literature. Create your own poem using clay as a symbol.

Please refer to attached file for NCERT Class 11 Heritage Crafts Clay