Silk – Spun Opulence
Silk or “resham”, as it is called in the subcontinent, is called the “royalty” in the textile and fashion industry.…... Read more
Chanderi – Sheer Magic
Chanderi, a quaint little town beside the Betwa river in the heart of India, Madhya Pradesh, has nurtured one of…... Read more
Confetti Studio Pottery
The pottery displayed at Confetti is all earthenware, a kind of functional art pottery for everyday use with artistic glazes…... Read more
The Making of Dhokra
“Dhokra” is a 4500 year old metal-casting technique since the Indus Valley Civilization. The figurine of the ‘Dancing Girl’ found…... Read more
Tholu Bommalata – The Leather Shadow Puppetry
Bommalata (tholu-bomma-la-aata) is a 300-year-old craft practiced in the villages of South India, especially Andhra Pradesh. In the days of…... Read more
Shola – The Herbal Ivory
Shola (Aeschynomene aspera L) is a freshwater crop of Bengal which grows naturally in stagnant water bodies like ponds and…... Read more
Kantha- Bengal’s artwork with threads
Traditional kantha embroidery has carved a niche for itself. Each piece is a creation of self-expression and is exclusive. The…... Read more
Batik
Batik is a wax resist dyeing technique applied on cloth originating from Indonesia and prevalent in Malaysia, Japan and Asia.…... Read more
Pottery – The earliest known craft to mankind
The invention of the wheel was one of the most important milestones in human civilisations and with that evolved the…... Read more
Evolution of the Bengal Kantha
Kantha stitch is Bengal’s own embroidery craft and probably the oldest of all, on both sides of the border, in…... Read more
Dhokra – Lost Wax Metal Casting
The ‘Gharua’ or ‘Dhokra Kamar’ tribes are traditionally involved with the craft of metal sculpture in West Bengal. In earlier…... Read more