Role of Indian Crafts in Indian Interiors [Compatibility Mode]

7/28/2019 Role of Indian Crafts in Indian Interiors [Compatibility Mode]

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GUJARAT

EMBROIDERY

ARTS AND CRAFT

PAINTINGS

RURAL FURNITURES


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Gujarat State is a home for exquisite and vibrant wooden handicraft.

The traditional artwork of Gujrat includes wide array of furniture, jewelry, metal work items,

embroidered garments, colourful linen, leather work, bead work, mirror work etc.

Utensils are another area where the craftspersons of Gujarat have excelled.

Gujarat is also famous for its terracotta work, especially votive terra-cotta figurines which one

can find, at small shrines built in forests, along roads, outside villages, on lonely hill-tops and

under large trees, especially in south Gujarat.


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Lacquered Furniture

Another handicraft industry found in the Southern

Gujarat is the lacquered furniture of Sankheda near

Vadodara.The Sankheda is famous for i ts furniture that exhibits

unique identity and antique art in Indian traditional

handicrafts.

Wood is rounded with tools and painted with floral and

abstract designs in bright shades of gold, silver, maroon,

green, vermilion, and brown by using sticks dipped in a

coloured mixture of dyes, powdered zinc, lac and resin.

After this process, they are burned in the burning coal

leaving the coat of lacquer behind which is smoothened

with the leaf of Kewda tree.

This furniture exhibits - delicateness and requires great

care for their preservation.

They have to be protected from direct sun light or heat

as they may loose their glow or colours fade.

Requires only a piece of dry cloth avoiding the use of oil

or water.

Lacquered furniture similar to that of Sankheda is also

made in Mahuva near Bhavnagar, Surat and Kutch.


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Cane and Bamboo Style of Gujarat

Cane and bamboo have swayed their way into the tribal

culture of Gujarat.

Cane and bamboo are interwoven to form flexible matted

surfaces which are then used in the fabrication of other

products.

Tribals of Baroda make baskets, masks, flutes.

Ambapada is famous for decorative articles made from

bamboo roots.

Range of Techniques

Sculpting

Matting

Panorama of Cane and Bamboo Products

Votive OfferingsJewelry and trinkets

Musical Instruments

Decorative Bits and pieces

Home Decor

Kitchen Specials

Toys

Wall Art


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Wood Craft

Wood often plain sometimes painted is used for making artefacts to furniture.

Wood crafts include-Candle holders, wooden fruit, tray-side table, nut & salad bowls, decorative

tableware and a range of cutlery.Wood carving is another important craft in Gujarat and exquisite wood carvings can be

observed in the temples, havelis and many houses in various parts of Gujarat.

The major centres of wood carvings are Visnagar, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Mahuva, and

Bilimora.

Junagadh and Doraji in Rajkot district are famous for cradles with stands, cupboards with

cubicles and jhula or swing which are typical of Gujarat.

Wood inlay work of Surat is famous and involves placing of pieces of ivory, plastic, horn, bone,

metal, and fine wires into carved surfaces. The wood on which inlay work is done include teak

rose wood, or sandalwood.


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Artifacts include- a range of animals as horses, elephants and parrots beautifully painted.

Boxes, chests, snuff boxes.

Dancing figures and Dwarpals-guardians of doors.

Sandalwood boxes from Surat are very popular.

Parrot motif is used to highlight architectural features and ornament lid handles, door brackets,

edges and corners of chests.


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Leather Embroidery of Gujarat

The artisans of Bhuj create the most strikingly vibrant leather panels using multicoloured

threads, mirrors and cotton cloth.

The leather, goat hide for mirrors/ panels and camel hide for footwear, is cut into the desired

shape and dyed if required.

The leather is then punched with designs after which coloured cotton cloth is attached behind

the punched patterns as a backing.

The leather is finally hand-stitched into the shape and decorated further by hand- stitching

along the seams.

The tools used are needles for stitching leather seams and punches with different shapes to

make holes and patterns in the leather.

Embroidery on leather bagsEmbroidery work


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Patchwork of Gujarat

Patch work in India is mainly associated

with the westernmost states of Gujarat and

Rajasthan.

Also known as piercing, patchwork

involves joining together pieces of fabric into

a larger design.

Various coloured and patterned fabrics of

different shapes and sizes are joinedtogether on a plain background and the

stitches of the patches are not hidden but are

done with jazzy shades which get

highlighted, adding a more artistic appeal.

Glaring motifs of trees, birds and animals

in bold colors can be seen in each patchwork

item.

Patchwork is done on quilts, bedcovers,

wall hangings, cusion covers etc.


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Metal work of Gujarat

Metal artisans of Gujarat are known as Kansaras

Metal work of Gujarat includes jewelry making as filigree

work, open wirework, carving, etc.

Metal work of Gujarat involves enamelling which is

another artistic craft.

Besides jewelry, the metal craft of gujarat includes items

made of iron beetle nut crackers, copper coated iron

bells, knives and cutlery.

It has also excelled in making metal utensils of copper,

brass & iron.

Metal lamps, boxes for storing betal leaf & nut,

nutcrackers, large dowry containers are a few other

examples of metal crafts of gujarat.

Range of Techniques

Casting

Smelting

Engraving

Hand Beating

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RAJASTHAN

EMBROIDERY

ARTS AND CRAFT

PAINTINGS

RURAL FURNITURES


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Rajasthan - the land of vibrant colours is rich of art & culture.

Major craft traditions in Rajasthan include Tie-and-Dye Textiles, Hand block Printing, Quilting,

Jewellery, Gems and Stones, Blue Pottery, Leather Craft, Woodcarving, and local Painting

traditions.

Metal craft has also been an integral part of Indian culture. The 'lotas' or water pitchers are

found in almost all parts of the country.

Stone carving is both an artistic as well as an industrial product.


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Wooden Furniture

Wood Furniture of Rajasthan is incomparable.

Intricate latticework and ornamental design precedes inthe design of wood furniture here.

It is also noted for beautiful paintings with overall

aesthetic and functional appeal.

The white metal plated Patra furniture has a charm of its

own.

Marble Carving work

Marble objects range from decorative plates to boxes

and animal figures.

White marble is painted, sometime with real gold.

Even miniature paintings are done on marble. Jaipur is

the main centre for exquiste marble objects.


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Leather work

Leather shoes known as jootis or mojdis (shoes decorated with beautiful embroidery) are

made in Jaipur and Jodhpur.

Embroidery known as kashida is done on the jootis and this embroidery is mainly done by the

women.

Leather is also used for bookbinding.

Bikaner is especially famous for its minakari on camel hide, and golden minakari in the palaces

of Bikaner.

Other uses - making backs of chairs embroidered with woolen motifs, handbags, saddles,pouches, lampshades, waterpots, hip flasks and perfume vases are part of rajasthan leather

craft.


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Metal work

Brass, bronze, silver and gold are used extensively in Rajasthan metal work.

Beautifully patterned jewellery boxes and caskets, candle stands, incense stick stand (agarbatti

dan), chunky jewellery, daggers, idols and figurines of deities, birds, animals etc are cast out ofshiny silver.

The Marori work, involves the etching of intricate designs on the metal surface and filling in the

grooves with black lac, a resin. The ridges of the design stand out and glitter against the black

background.

When the Marori work is done on a brass sheets and the lac used is black the art is known as

Chrakwan. Other colored lac is also used and other metals too. Artisans of Jaipur, Jodhpur and

Udaipur specialize in Marori work.

Brass is another metal used in abundance in Rajasthani handicrafts. Vases, bowls, utensils,

lamps, jewel boxes, figurines of peacocks, lions, parrots, flowering shrubs and photo frames are

made of brass

Koftagari or the art of inlaid metal work is famous in Alwar and Jaipur. Lacquering and

enameling of metal ware are common practices in Rajasthan.


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Stone work

The stone craft of Rajasthan involves usage of stones Granites, Marbles, Quartzite, Slates, etc.

Jali (latticework) carvings sculpted from sandstone & marble were frequently used in windows of

the Zenanas (womens chamber) for viewing events.

Stone articles include-figurines of dieties and utensils-bowls for grinding spices and kneading

dough.

The soft pink sandstone, tamara stone are used or making these items.

Other stone works include-staircases, furniture, tableware, etc.


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Papier-mache

Waste paper and clay mixed together produces a

beautiful and ethnic looking pulp known as paper

mache.

Toys from paper mache are well made in

Jaipur, in an attractive blend of colours and artistic

imaginatation.

Artists at Palai in Tonk make beautiful paper

mache furniture. Banasthali is known for its

attractive multipurpose bowls.

Terracotta

Paper-thin pottery, painted pottery, white and red clay

articles and terracotta wall plaques.

Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Alwar and Bikaer are the main

centres.

Storage jars painted white and decorated with tinymirrors are common in Gujarat and Rajasthan.

Molela in Rajasthan excels in sculpted terracotta

plaques and icons of Rajput heroes and Hindu deities.

These plaques are used as decorative elements in

walls.


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Clay work-Blue pottery

Blue pottery is new art form done with a distinctive material like the ground quartz stone

The color schemes are also peculiar like, blue (oxide of cobalt), Green (oxide of copper) and the

external white. Nowadays even shades of yellow, dark blue and brown are used.

The conventional floral or arabesque, hand made patterns and the animal figure patterns are the

prominent designs.

The various articles shaped out are mostly the traditional ones like surahis or pots of different

shapes and size for multiple use, ashtray, tiles, flower pots, lamp shades, jars various accessories or

interior items.

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