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Blue Pottery from Jaipur, Rajasthan
The Persian Art of blue pottery came to Jaipur from Persia and Afghanistan via Mughal Courts.The blue pottery is glazed and low-fired. Some of this po ...
Bhitti Chitra Kala from Bikaner, Rajathan
Bhitti Chitra Kala was practiced by the Matheran or Mahatma community who were renowned for their mineral painted elaborate depictions of religious th ...
Designer Maker Confluence
When you’re a startup trying to bridge the gap between designers, makers and consumers through E-Commerce, it is as important to have an offline prese ...
Introducing Traditional Craftsmanship to our Children
Cherubic faces, smeared with paint, fingerprints inadvertently smudged onto walls, paint and adhesive streaked clothes and - ah the smug look of satis ...
Mata ni pachedi: Ritual cloth painting
Mata ni Pachedi literally means “behind the mother goddess”, and is a cloth that constitutes a temple of the goddess. It is a art form from Gujrat.
T ...
Lac Art of Rajasthan
Lac is a resinous substance secreted by an insect called Kerria Lacca. The insect hosts itself on the branches of certain trees such as k ...
Diverse fabrics of India
There is something earthy and real about hand woven fabrics. You almost sense a story behind each yard.
India has been and still is a treasure trove ...
Craft and Culture
In many ways, a civilizations intangible cultural heritage is linked to its traditional forms of craftsmanship. They tell stories of lives lived, of p ...
The Art of Ajrakh and a Maker
Akin to high art on fabric, Ajrak is sheer beauty of form . The Ajrakh dyer uses the deepest blue of indigo and the molten red of madder eulogising th ...
A Contemporary approach to Traditional: Potli and Kadam
In this global consumerist eco system, it is essential that the tangible and intangible tradition and culture of a place has to be infused with a cont ...