Pottery

Uttam Kumar Pal

Call: 9051458869

Uttam Kumar Pal of Chaltaberia is a master craftsman of terracotta art. He learnt the technicalities of the craft from his father Late Lalit Kumar Karmakar and has been engaged in it for 35 years. Uttam has participated in various trainings like Rural Entrepreneurship Development programme in Kolkata, specialized training on terracotta in Maharashtra in 2003 and on pottery at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, 2005. Uttam has also attended a Product Development workshop at Salt Lake, Kolkata in 2007 and received training on design on pottery in New Delhi. He has received state awards 6 times and is the recipient of Rajya Charukala Award in 2006, award from NABARD, Kala Nidhi Award at Surajkund Mela in 2008. His craft has also fetched him awards at the international level from UNESCO in 2008, from South Korea in 2009 and from World Craft Council in 2014. Uttam showcased his craft in various exhibitions held in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Odisha, Kolkata and Haryana. Besides these, his work has taken him to foreign shores like Italy, Spain, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Japan Presently; he is also running his own unit, R.M. Terracotta Pottery House.