Retrieving lost heritage
A nine-day exhibition of clay jewellery began in Tangail on Wednesday.
Artiste Shahidul Hasan of Savar arranged the exhibition at Pre-Cadet School auditorium in the town. The display features 200 clay jewellery items, highlighting traditional and modern designs.
Enthusiastic visitors, particularly women, thronged the venue to check out the necklaces, chains, earrings, bracelets, bangles as well as other items and showpieces.
Shahidul's designs are inspired by traditional Nakshikantha, hand fans, motifs as well as herbs, flowers, birds and traditional alpana.
“I gathered indigenous Bangladeshi, African and Australian designs,” said Shahidul. A post graduate from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, Shahidul has also done a portrait of Maulana Bhasani, Pritilata Waddedar and other icons which occupy a pride of place at Jahangirnagar University.
He has already held such exhibitions in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Mymensingh, Pabna, Comilla, Jahangirnagar University over the last year to popularise earthen items.
Tangail Deputy Commissioner M Bazlul Karim Chowdhury inaugurated the exhibition. Chowdhury lauded Shahidul for holding the exhibition for the second time in Tangail highlighting traditional designs.
“Earthenware was once an integral part of our lives. We have a close connection with terracotta and we should retrieve this lost heritage,” Chowdhury added.
Among others who attended the inaugural were Tangail Superintendent of Police Mizanur Rahman; freedom fighter Abdus Sabur Khan Bir Bikram; principal of Tangail Pre-Cadet School Shahana Begum and local artiste Sahidul Hasan Bappy.
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