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the craft process - lost-wax casting | aari embroidery | quilting | hand printing | embossed leather
the craft process - lost-wax casting | aari embroidery | quilting | hand printing | embossed leather
... dhokara is one of the earliest known methods of non-ferrous metal casting. It existed under different names in all the primitive cultures of the world and was used for everything from making jewelry to vessels to images of Gods.
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... aari is an ancient form of embroidery much patronized in the Moghul courts since the 14th century. The aari craftsman may take more than 10 years to master this extremely fine craft.
more... kantha means to stitch together. Kantha is a process of joining old fabric together to form a new covering. Kantha often carries imagery from agriculture, forests and also from contemporary objects and events. It uses variations of the simple running stitch.
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... India is known the world over for her textile crafts, and printing has been one of the most widely used techniques to add value to raw cloth. Here the block is used as a brick to create a pattern in a modular fashion.
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... embossing leather cold, and then coloring the raised parts by hand, is a craft typical to Shantiniketan, in West Bengal. A large variety of products like boxes and bags are made with this patterned leather.
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the
craft process - lost-wax casting
| aari
embroidery | quilting
| hand printing
| embossed leather
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