Blog posts tagged with 'handmade'

Have you planned for the best Valentine’s Day surprise for her? Well, Valentine’s Day is almost here. It is high time that you start with the preparations this year for finding the perfect Valentine’s Day gift.

Thanjavur painting is a classical South Indian painting style, which was inaugurated from the town of Thanjavur. Thanjavur paintings are characterized by rich and vivid colors, simple iconic composition, glittering gold foils overlaid on delicate but extensive gesso work, and inlay of glass beads and pieces or very rarely precious and semi-precious gems. Continue reading to know more about Tanjore Paintings...

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Jute is one of the most affordable natural fibers, and second only to cotton in the amount produced and variety of uses. Jute fibers are composed primarily of the plant materials cellulose and lignin. Jute is called ‘The Golden Fibre’ mainly due to its color, and also because it is a cash crop and generates revenue.

A lantern is a device that can be moved from one place to another, used to create light and to light up open areas. Lanterns may be used for giving signals, or as general light sources for camping. They can have candles inside, or use other things as fuel, like alcohol or kerosene. Lanterns that give dim light are generally used as decoration.

Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay. It may take forms including artistic pottery, including tableware, tiles, figurines and other sculpture. As one of the plastic arts, ceramic art is one of the visual arts.

Gond paintings are a form of painting from folk and tribal art that is practiced by one of the largest tribes in India with whom it shares its name. Gond comes from the Dravidian expression, Kond which means 'the green mountain'.

Blue Pottery came to Jaipur from the land of Mughals (Persia). Mughals brought it to India through Kashmir and with time it spread out, currently, Blue Pottery lodge its feet in Jaipur, Rajasthan & is now well known as Jaipur Blue Pottery. The main reason for the establishment of this Art in Jaipur is the fondness of Jaipur Royals towards the blue pottery Art. Blue pottery flourishes in Jaipur in the regime of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh. Presence of Blue pottery can be seen in the famous palaces and museum of the city.

Channapatna. It is the name of a small town between Bangalore and Mysore. But more often than not, the name evokes images of beautiful, colorful toys that had us enthralled as children and still make us remark at their exquisite craftsmanship. If ever toys made a town, this would be it, as the Geographical Indicator tag on Channapatna also confers.

In a world that’s bogged down by plastic toys, wooden toys are open-ended, stimulating and also bring the outside world right into the play room. In this multi-part series we will read more about the natural colors and safety standards of Channapatna Toys.