Channapatna lac-turneryEco-friendly materialsMiniature Wooden Elephant
Channapatna, Karnataka
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Kashmiri papier-mache (kar-i-qalamdani)Eco-friendly
Papier-Mache Hanging Ornament
Srinagar, Kashmir
A small round ornament of pulped paper, painted by hand in the dense floral patterns Kashmiri artists call hazara — a thousand flowers. The surface is sealed with varnish so the colours keep their depth. It weighs almost nothing, hangs from a simple cord, and each one carries slight differences of brushwork.
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The hands behind it
- The craft
- Papier-mache painting
- The place
- Srinagar, Kashmir
- The hands
- Waste paper is soaked, pulped and layered over a mould, then the dried shell is painted freehand with a fine squirrel-hair brush.
Buying handmade keeps a craft in work. That is the whole model — no middle story.
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