Recently we had a significant breakthrough in our manufacturing process. While baking the bricks, we would sometimes have upto 40% damage. This was proving expensive and disheartening too. Then we met Amaravati.

Amaravati comes from a village of the Kolar district. Before the Covid pandemic last year, she had been working as a housekeeper in Bangalore. But after the lockdown, she was rendered jobless and returned to her village.

After meeting with community workers from Headstreams, she was willing to join the production team to make Kattoos Miniature Terracotta Bricks.

What we discovered: Amaravati had been working in a brick kiln for over 12 years. She came with a wealth of knowledge and know-how about the process of creating terracotta, that has become instinctive and hands on.

Traditional knowledge of brick making indigenous to Kolar has moulded the Kattoos journey from the get-go. Amaravati taught us methods in baking clay that has reduced our damage substantially. She not only adapted our methods to speed up the process of brick-making, but also shared tips that improved the quality as well.

We are very glad to have Amaravati on board at Kattoos, bridging the past and the present. Her contribution and efforts has helped Kattoos become a better product!