Clay roof tiles are used in most parts of the country, except where strong winds and cyclones, and/or snow, are frequent. Good quality tiles, appropriately overlapped, are waterproof in ordinary climatic situations. Clay tile production is an age-old cottage industry in several areas, specially rural zones, with potters making these tiles as part of their […]
In traditional Nepalese homes and temples, which are roofed with Nepalese tiles, the roof-tops are further topped with a special kind of covering called dhuris. The corners of such roofs are also fitted with specially designed roof-corners known as kuna-pakhas. DHURIS (ROOF TOP COVERS): PROCESS & TECHNIQUE Long elevated slopes of clay that serve as […]
PROCESS & TECHNIQUE Using the Wheel: On the wheel, the potter first makes a hollow cylinder of clay with the necessary thickness. The cylinder is then detached from the wheel (and another one is made in the same way). The cylinders thus made are scratched vertically at the opposite ends when they are partially dried. […]