Clay is one of the abundant materials, which requires very few unsophisticated tools and easy to handle but the imaginative skills of the artisans transform this simple material into an aesthetic art. Any clay is not used as found in nature. There are different varieties of clay obtained from river bed and fallow land. These are different in their texture colour and composition. The clay is first cleaned by removing pebbles, fine gravels, roots and other impedimental materials. This requires fine sieving of the clay. Apart from mixing two or more variety of the clay is also improved by adding tempers such as ash, sand and cattle dung. The temper counter acts excessive shrinkage, warping or splitting which may occur in sun drying or firing. The proportion of temper mixed in clay varies according to the requirement of a particular surface area. 

Kneading by hands and feet is important process to increase the elasticity of the clay. Before preparing the dough, the powered clay and the temper are finally mixed. Water is added to this mixture to prepare dough. Dough is needed by hands and feet. Clay is repeatedly cut with knife in the fine vertical slices to ensure removal of any foreign material. 

Different techniques are  used to create artisian handicrafts rather by hand moulding or wheel throwinng. Finally the products are finalized by drying them out by close or open firing which makes them durable.