Ceramic Designing Attractive Traditional Career For The Youth

Rural development is the foundation for the development of the developing countries like India. The soul of India’s lives in villages as 72% population of our nation lives there. So, first of all we have to be conscious about the development of our villages and their small cottage industries. If the villages develop in all aspects the nation will grow automatically. We have to find our scope of development in its available infrastructure and resources. We have to augment and upgrade their traditional resources, skill, talents and products. There are lots of employment opportunities available in the villages for the youth. In villages there are many traditional occupations and cottage industries on which villagers depend for their livelihood i.e. pottery, bamboo craft, leather work, textile work etc. These days, field of pottery ceramics is becoming more popular and attractive. There is a lot of demand for these items and products in our cities. The art of pottery and ceramics has been used for need and utilization from the ancient period.

Eligibility

Although a career as a ceramics designer is open to graduates of any discipline, in practice, nearly all will have studied an art or design degree – ceramics, 3D design, applied arts or design. If your degree is unrelated, you may choose to continue your studies at Masters level. A postgraduate qualification is not required, although may be useful to hone practical skills and prepare for professional life. A wide variety of part-time courses institutes are available which are providing the opportunity to develop ceramics skills.

Job Prospects

Ceramics designers create designs for a range of pottery objects that are then made by shaping and firing clay. These objects can include ceramic sculpture, domestic and commercial tableware and kitchenware, giftware, garden ceramics, jewellery and wall and floor tiles. Ceramics designers who work for large companies interpret a product brief and turn it into a commercially successful design for mass production. Ceramics designers/ ceramicists who are self-employed or work for small companies are more likely to both design and make their own, one-off or limited edition, designs. There is, however, some cross-over and some self-employed designers/ceramicists may also undertake design commissions for major companies, where they provide the design and the object is then mass produced elsewhere.

Remuneration

Salaries vary widely according to whether you are employed or self-employed, how experienced, successful and well-established you are and how actively and skillfully you promote your work. Most ceramicists develop a portfolio style of working, generating income in a number of different jobs, particularly teaching. Starting salaries for those in an employed position can be around Rs. 25,000. Experienced ceramics designers can earn Rs. 40,000 plus.

Institutes

* College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, 044-25382478

* College of Arts and Crafts, Delhi,  01123322194

* Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodyog University, Madhya Pradesh,  07672-0654136

* Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 0542-6703253

* Kala Bhavan Vishwa Bharati Santiniketan, 03463-261531

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