Pen Holder - Blackstone

Details

The Pen Holder Blackstone at goroots suggests that pencil and penholders can be stylish as well as utility-based too. It has been handcrafted with great expertise and using premium quality materials with the Black Soil being the most basic ones. While its exterior is accented with a fine cane string woven in an intriguing pattern, on the inside the penholder is as beautiful and can hold host of writing instruments at the same time.
This penholder will prove to be useful for both office environment as well as home decor. In most crowded offices, people end up disorganizing their stuffs. At such times, this unique Blackstone penholder will work in the best way. Go on to store your pens, pencils, eraser, sharpener, ruler and so on to have an organized on the desktop.
Gift it to your near and dear ones on special occasions and have them pleased!
 
About Blackstone Pottery
 
Blackstone or Longpi Ham pottery dates back to those ancient times when the utensils and cookware were used by prominent royal families in India, during religious ceremonies and festivities. Hence, also referred to as royal pottery, the art of Blackstone pottery is regal in its own sense.

Blackstone Pottery is consists of a mixture of crushed Serpentine rock and weather rock used in the ratio 3:1. The artefacts derived from Blackstone are not only used as cookware and serveware but also as decorative pieces of art.

The art is a symbol of devotion of the Thankul Naga tribes of the Ukhrul district of Manipur who accomplish and respect this form of pottery as a devotion to Goddess Panthobi and Nongpok Ningthou, equivalents of Goddess Durga and Lord Shiva respectively.
 
Procedure
 
Around 200 men and women artisans the Thankul Naga tribes, who are the inhabitants of the Longpi village of the Ukhrul district of Manipur, ply the craft of Blackstone earthenware with their rich untamed skills.

The remarkable feature of Blackstone pottery is that artisans do not resort to the potters wheel, instead, they use out of the ordinary the coiling method in order to achieve the desired shape and size of the artefact they have in their mind.

To begin with, the artists crush the Serpentine rock and weathered rocks in the ratio 3:1, along with a certain proportion of clay, water and soil.

The crushed rocks are mixed adequately to form a mixture which is later shaped by the use of hands. The final shape of the artefact wholly depends on the skills and techniques the craftsmen put to use. 

The faded brownish-black colour and the smoke stains are a result of intensely heating up the artefact to as high as 900 degrees centigrade.

Finally, the traditional Handi pots are baked on straw and cow-dung and polished with beeswax and a special leaf called Chirona.
 
Region
 
The art of Blackstone pottery exclusively belongs to the Ukhrul district in the north-eastern state of Manipur. The Thankul Naga tribes are the inhabitants of the Longpi village, which is situated in Ukhrul. The district is about 85kms eastward to Imphal, the capital of Manipur.
 
goroots provides a concrete backing to the Black Pottery craftsmen situated in the remote interiors of Manipur. We encourage the ability of the tribal handicraft artisans and genuinely support their efforts through our website.