Category: Crafts
The delicate Zardozi Embroidery
The zardozi craftsmen in Varanasi and Bareilly specialize in embroidering badges and ceremonial robes. Zardozi is heavy and ornate embroidery in which
Jawaja Leather: The beauty of hand stiched Leather
Jawaja leather is a flourishing craft, with its unique identity and style, and is becoming known across the world.
The beauty of Jawaja leather wor
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
Rhythm of the Blocks : A film on the Block Printing of Bagru, Rajasthan
The film opens with yards of printed and dyed cloth being let down from the roofs to dry. Camera is down; looking up and the cloth simply float over t
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