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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
Emossed
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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.