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Handicraft in Rajasthan

In Concept, In Colour, in Workmanship, the Art and Handicrafts of Rajasthan are incomparable. Be it jewellery, painting, furniture, leatherware, pottery, metal craft or hand-printed textiles, each object has a penetrating and irresistible appeal.  An ethnic aura envelopes even the simplest of forms, making each one truly a collectors delight.

It is therefore hardly surprising when people the world over, call Rajasthan a Treasure- Trove of Handicrafts and a Shoppers’s Paradise.

There is a profusion of exuberant colours and fascinating forms in the handicrafts of Rajasthan. They are in fact, a tribute to human refinement and sensibility and also a challenge, as it were, to the stark desert environment. In Rajasthan people obsessively decorate almost everything – be it camel, a kitchen wall, their clothes or themselves. No wonder each piece of Rajasthani handicraft never ceases to amaze.

Some of Handicraft Art have been briefly described below:

Blue Pottery - The Pottery Magic of Rajasthan Handicrafts

Pottery Magic

It was a new art form with a fascinating recipe of distinctive material like the ground quartz stone; the colour schemes are also peculiar like blue (oxide of cobalt), green (oxide of copper) and the external white.

Some of the pottery is semi-translucent, which lately is being experimented with other colours such as yellow, dark blue and brown. The conventional floral or arabesque, handmade patterns and the animal figure patterns are the prominent designs.

Paintings

Rajasthan has carved a niche for itself in the area of painting. The variation in art of painting ranges from pre historic rock paintings to wall paintings on palaces to huts, miniature paintings, phad and pichwais. Though many use synthetic colours, the traditional painters use mineral and vegetable dyes.

Rajasthani Traditional Jewelery Art

Rajasthani Jewellery

Rajasthan is known for the art of silver smithy, beginning from anklets to earrings to head gears.

A lot of effort goes into its making since most of the rural communities wear silver ornaments. Besides silver, it is known for its lac bangles, kundan and meenakari, enameled gold jewellery, uncut diamonds and emerald-cutting. Another most exclusive art is ‘thewa’ from Pratapgarh, popular for its gold work on glass.

Some of the traditional adornments are rakhdi (head ornament), tussi (necklace), baju bandh (armlet), adah (special necklace worn by Rajput ladies), gokhrus (bracelets), pajebs (anklets), etc.

If we start writing on topics covering Handicrafts from Rajasthan, we need a series of blogs, and this is just a start. If you have a smallest of interest in shopping, Rajasthan markets full of hand crafted materials is a heaven for you.