Tibetan Buddhism took root in the 7th century CE, and today is one of the most recognizable Buddhist cultures, largely through the figure of the fourteenth Dalai Lama. All aspects of Buddhist practice seem to express in one fashion or another, the same fundamental impulse: To find serenity in a world of suffering and change.
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Reminiscent of the glorious lives of the Bundelas of central India that reveals the indulgences of a celebrated era, lost wax casting is a metal sculpting method in which a mould of wax is used for easy workability. Protected by a casing of clay or mud, the intricately designed hollowness it creates when melted away, […]
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A thangka is a complicated, composite three-dimensional object consisting of: a picture panel which is painted or embroidered, a textile mounting; and one or more of the following: a silk cover, leather corners, wooden dowels at the top and bottom and metal or wooden decorative knobs on the bottom dowel. The concept of Original Artistic […]
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Taken from earth or Maati, clay is simple element crafted to a plethora of forms. Needs, beliefs and imagination of the people have found shape and texture in clay. The craftsmen make figures of god and goddesses, animals as well as toys and objects of utility.
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There is this beauty about colours fading into each other and there is this awe about the imperfection that encapsulates a piece of fabric. Tie and dye is one of those techniques that impregnate the heavy air around with an aura of the unknown. It is one of those techniques where you do not know […]
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Kangra paintings of ancient India belong to the school of Pahari paintings that were patronized by the Rajput rulers between the 17th and 19th centuries. Pahari paintings, as the name suggests, were paintings executed in the hilly regions of India, in the sub-Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. It is in the development and modification of […]
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Hand-carved combs are a tradition which has travelled down from the ancient chronicles of hair ornamentation. Kangsi, the craft of making wooden combs is a tradition that is a few hundred-years-old. It is practiced only by a minority of Banjaras in India today. The array of wooden combs decorated with intriguing carving, jali work, inlay […]
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Metal work in MP owes its existence to the tribal community of the state. The Agaria, meaning a worker in ‘Aag’ or fire, or Hindu God of fire creates diverse products signifying their own traditions. The basic pre historic forms appeal highly to the aesthetic sensibilities of many, who love to carry a few pieces […]
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A display of superior craft skill, the silver jewelry of Kutch is more than just ornamentation. They serve as markers used to differentiate various tribes of the region. Their simplified forms and elaborate textures employ techniques of high precision. Each piece of jewelry has a definitive purpose and is worn as per the age, handed […]
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Music, they say, is the silence between two notes. The silence becomes even more omnipresent as it makes rare appearances between the constant sounds of metal being beaten in the ‘Thatheron ki gali’. This street in Jaipur is a home to utensil makers, locally known as the ‘thathere’ and is as old as the city […]
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