Indian Handicraft : Decorative Items

Home decoratives include a wide range of artifacts and decorative items to enlighten every corner of your home. They provide a wealth of opportunities to enhance the aesthetic value of your decor.

India boasts a luxuriant range in Wood and the wood works. The Kashmiri wooden architecture, made from walnut and deodar wood. Kashmir is the only state in India, where walnut trees grow. The craftsmen here create intricate carvings on wood obtained from the walnut tree. Furniture items like tables, chairs, stools, partitions etc have rich floral and trellis patterns carved on them. Carving done on walnut is either deep or shallow. Items like tables, fruit trays and bowls etc are also decorated with inlay work. Wax polishing is done on finished products, so that the beauty of the wood grain is not lost. Wood lacquer work is popular in Rajasthan, Kashmir, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Rajasthan and Kashmir are famous for their nakashi style of lacquer work. Naurangpur in Orissa is famous for its highly decorated and brightly lacquered bamboo boxes.

Wooden Item includes Plain, Carved and Inlayed boxes, Candle holders, Photo Frames, Wall Brackets, Tray sets, Christmas decorations, Magazine racks, Small Furniture Items (Coffee tables, Chests, etc.) Mirror Frames, Incense and Pen Holders, Coasters, Wine Racks, in Metal/Wood combinations etc.

Metal has remained one of the most important utility objects in North-West India from time immemorial. Metal is used in various forms: for making religious images; items for performing rituals; objects of utility and arms and weapons. Making of religious images is an ancient craft. The craftsman is required not only to know the methods and technique applied in casting but also to have the complete knowledge of the characteristics, symbolism, iconographic paraphernalia attached to it.

Orissa is known for its Dhocra casting and silver filigree work. Cigar boxes, jewellery, baskets and decorative trays are the popular items made in the silver filigree. Silver and brass are inlaid upon an alloy of zinc and copper, which is blackened by dipping the object into a solution of copper sulphate. It is the contrast between the black surface and the shiny inlay that makes the object look dramatic. It is done in various styles like tarkashi (inlay of wire), tainishan (inlay of sheet), zarnishan (low relief), zarbuland (high relief) and aftabi (cut-out designs on overlaid metal sheet).

Lac is mainly used bangles and decorative items. Lac bangles are made in bright colours. These bangles and decorative items are inlaid with glass and coloured stone. Delhi and Rajasthan are two main places in India, which are regarded as the home of shellac work. Lac, a natural resin, is mainly used bangles and decorative items. Lac bangles are made in bright colours. These bangles and decorative items are inlaid with glass and coloured stone.

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