Terracrafts , today a well known terracotta production unit, is a trendsetting Initiative of Shri V.K Jayan, himself a member of the traditional Potters community of Kerala.
Witness to the breakdown of the pottery tradition with his own father closing down the family’s ailing pottery unit, at a very young age Shri V.K Jayan resolved to reopen it.

Armed with a diploma in ceramics from central village pottery Institute Belgaum, Karnataka after higher secondary education , Also trained from PET Center Trivandrum. Jayan carried out his resolve … The result was a vibrant movement called ‘Terracrafts’ Going beyond traditional terracotta utilities and distinct from the old ‘pots and pans’ production units, Terracrafts became a lively centre for innovation.

Today ‘Terracrafts’ has secured a unique place for itself in Kerala’s aesthetic sensibility while breathing life into a dying tradition and revitalizing a corroding community.

Terracrafts is also a friend of Kerala’s contemporary artists providing infrastructural support like material, kiln, technical expertise etc for their creative ventures.



Shri V.K Jayan himself is a recipient of the Kerala Lalitha Academy’s State Award for Sculpture, 2007-‘08