The Pakshi Uruli is hand-built from locally sourced clay. The bowl is shaped on a wheel, then the three legs and peacock head & tail are modelled by hand and joined before firing. Every dot, line, and etched scale is pressed individually into the unfired clay using a thin wooden tool. No two bowls carry identical marks.
The characteristic black finish comes from a controlled smoke-firing process: the pieces are buried in rice husk or wood ash during the final stage of the kiln, which carbonises the surface. No paint or dye is used. The colour is in the clay itself.
