CRAFTS & Materials

Our folk artists work with many different materials

These include paintings made on cloth using natural dyes (e.g. Pata Chitra), clay pottery, ferrous and non-ferrous metalwork (e.g. Dhokra, a non-ferrous metal craft created using the wax-thread mould casting method), and natural grass work, including bamboo furniture and decorative products. These are painstakingly produced by hand and possess an unpolished beauty that many prefer.

Dhokra

Dhokra

Applique

Applique

Bamboo

Bamboo

Bell Metal

Bell Metal