Kashmiri papier-mache (kar-i-qalamdani)Eco-friendly materialsPapier-Mache Hanging Ornament
Srinagar, Kashmir
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Talapatra chitra (palm-leaf engraving)Eco-friendly
Palm-Leaf Etched Bookmark
Raghurajpur, Odisha
A slim bookmark cut from cured palm leaf and engraved with an iron stylus, in the manner Odia scribes once used for manuscripts. Lamp-black rubbed into the incised lines brings up the drawing — usually a border of vines or a small figure. Thin, flexible, and dry, it sits flat between pages without marking them.
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The hands behind it
- The craft
- Palm-leaf engraving
- The place
- Raghurajpur, Odisha
- The hands
- The artist scores the design into a cured palm leaf with an iron stylus, then rubs lamp-black into the lines so the drawing appears.
Buying handmade keeps a craft in work. That is the whole model — no middle story.
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