Home & Living

Etikoppaka Toys

Etikoppaka, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, is known for its traditional wooden toys. The toys are made of softwood and are carved by skilled artisans using traditional techniques. The toys come in different shapes and sizes, and the designs are inspired by nature and everyday life. The toys are painted with natural dyes made from seeds, leaves, and roots of plants. The Etikoppaka toys are not just playthings but also have a deeper spiritual significance. The toys are believed to bring good luck, and they are often given as gifts during auspicious occasions.

Etikoppaka, Visakhapatnam district Etikoppaka,Andhra

Read more

Sikki Grass Products of Bihar

Sikki grass handicrafts are colored arts that are fabricated from a unique species of grass known as sikki found in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. Sikki is dehydrated and the flower head is slash off. The produced fine golden fibre is applied in weaving to produce toys, dollies, and baskets( dolchi). Items are occasionallypainted.Boxes produced of sikki known as pauti are given to daughters by parents on the occasion of their marriage. The boxes are used to hold sindoor, beautifiers, and jewellery.

- Patna,Bihar and UP

Read more

Bastar Dhokra

Dhokra crafts are the main traditional metalsmiths of West Bengal and Odisha. Their fashion of lost wax casting is named after their lineage, hence Dhokra essence casting. The lineage extends from Jharkhand to West Bengal and Odisha; members are distant relatives of the ChhattisgarhDhokras.There are two main processes of lost wax casting solid casting and concave casting. While the former is predominant in the south of India the ultimate is more common in Central and Eastern India. Solid casting doesn't use a complexion core but rather a solid piece of wax to produce the mould; concave casting is the more traditional system and uses the complexion core.

Bastar District Bastar District,Chhattisgarh

Read more

Bastar Wooden Craft

Woodcraft in Bastar has beautiful and special form of art that was picked up by Bastar tribes and it helps their livelihood. They harness teak wood, Indian Rosewood, whitewood and different finest wood to cast chromatic craft items. They state their culture and spiritual faiths into art form that reflect through deities, music culture of the community and wildlife. The handicraft work heavily depend since hand crafted where there's no use of instrument or very rarely used.

Bastar District Bastar District,Chhattisgarh

Read more

Sankheda Furniture

Sankheda furniture is various teak wood cabinet work of Gujara, treated with lacquer and painted in traditional bright tones of maroon and gold.A legend recited to the origin of this craft form is that a spiritually acquainted person, to avoid Mughal raiders, came to Sankheda and stayed in a shack with a wood knife who looked after him. After staying with him for a long period he suddenly faded. still, the night he dissolved from the vill, the wood knife saw him in his dream and the sagely person blessed him with chops of artificer in carpentry. The wood knife also came a carpenter and started sculpturing furniture work using lacquer coating.

Chhota Udaipur district Chhota Udaipur district,Gujrat

Read more