Terracotta Jewellery

Made from natural clay, wearing terracotta jewellery will give you the unique feeling of staying close to warm earth without compromising your fashion sense.

The word 'terracotta' literally means baked earth. This ethnic piece of jewellery is the perfect combination of vintage. Usually, they appear reddish-brown but are available in other rustic colours nowadays, which is done through glazing, which adds to its beauty and durability.

The hand craftsmen also use techniques like granulate pressing, jiggering pressure casting, slip casting etc. with the help of roller- head machines for mass production.

We can find traces of terracotta jewellery even in ancient civilisations like Indus Valley and Mohenjo-Daro. Several skilful artisans in India play a pivotal role in keeping this jewellery, making art alive. They create each piece very carefully by following their forefathers' traditional way for centuries.

In India places like Pushkar in Rajasthan, Nizamabad in Uttar Pradesh and Bishnupur in West Bengal are well known for their traditional authentic terracotta art, and these pieces have a good market in the global fashion world as well.

Since this making style has become popular, they are also produced by small scale cottage industries selling them at comparatively lesser prices. You can even make them yourself. There are a large number of online video tutorials and art classes available. The making process includes prepping, moulding, baking, adding embellishments and finally giving it a finishing touch with colours and artwork.

Remember to use organic colours while carving designs. This eco-friendly jewellery range is light in weight. This jewellery is so versatile that you can wear a large terracotta locket attached to a thread as the only ornament to give a statement look or small colourful jhumkas or pendants matching your daily wear for a casual look.

Like every other traditional jewellery craft, terracotta ornaments are also thriving to survive the competition from modern contemporary jewellery designs. So the highly experienced conventional terracotta craftsmen are introducing new and innovative diverse designs in the fashion market. They incorporate this style of making with other top-notch methods like meenakari, glassworks, mirror works etc., to give a new era twist to this age-old tradition.

When you are buying these jewellery make sure you are purchasing the authentic pieces using natural clay. Don't go for artificial ones.