J&K Handicrafts ( S&E )

J&K Handicrafts ( S&E )

By Kashmir Search , Monday, July 9, 2012 12:00 AM

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To run, manage and administer the Kashmir Government Arts Emporium or any other State Undertaking as may be notified by the Government from time to time, in a manner as would ensure their efficient, economical and better management and operation.

SHAWLS:
It is said that shawls were famous from Kashmir even in the times of Emperor Ashok but many writers credited Sultan Zain-Ul-Abidin ( 1420-1470 A.D) as the initiator of Shawl Industry in Kashmir.

CARPETS:

A Carpet is a life long investment- it may well be the single most expensive purchase during your trip to Kashmir.Kashmir Carpets are world renowned for two thing- they are hand made and they are always knotted, never tufted. Carpet weaving in Kashmir was not originally indigenous but is thought to have come in by way of Persia

PAPIER MACHIE:

Papier Machie is a delicate decorative art, which shows the artistic zeal of a craftsman. This Art was introduced in Kashmir in the fifteenth century. This unique craft involves the use of paper pulp for creating beautiful artifacts

WALNUT WOOD CARVING:

Kashmir is home of some of the best wood carving done anywhere in the world. Wood carving is done on a variety of objects ranging from furniture ( Tables, chairs, writing desks, dinning tables, nest sets, Toll Bouys, Screens, side Boards etc) to articles of personnel use like Jewellery boxes, photo frames and various other articles. Walnut wood is the most common wood used for carving of above items.

Copperware:

The Kashmiri Artisan also produces excellent products of copperware consisting mostly of cooking pots and ‘Samovars’ (tea kettle of Russian origin) and sundry articles for the household or the mantelpiece. The copperware of Srinagar is admiringly adopted for electroplating.

The old city abounds with shops where objects of copper line the walls, the floor and even the ceiling made generally for the local Market. Crafts-men can often be seen engraving objects of household utility- Samovar, Bowls, plates and trays. Floral, stylized geometric, leaf and sometimes calligraphic, motifs are engraved or embossed on copper and occasionally silver, to cover the entire surface with intricate designs which are then oxidized, the better to stand out from the background.The works know as “ naqash” determines the price of the objects, as does the weight.

KHATUMBANDH:

Khatumbandh is an art of making ceiling by fitting small pieces of wood into each other in geometrical patterns. All this is done entirely with hands without use of nails. The wood is processed it into batons and panels and fixed in the ceiling in various floral and geometrical designs, Indeed a painstaking work which once used to take months to finish a 10 feet ceiling. The uniqueness of this art is that when the ceiling is complete, it acquires a unique geometrical pattern, with fewer or no nails used at all. The Khatumbandh ceiling can easily be dissembled and reassembled at another place.

The art of Khatumbandh was brought to Kashmir during the 14th centaury by famous Saint Shah-I-Hamdaan who visited the Himalayan Valley along with many followers that also included Khatumbandh artists from Iran. Fir wood used in making of Khatumbandh which is very light as compared to other woods.Fir is a conifer and are most closely related to the Cedars (cedrus). Artisans also use Deodar ( pine) and Walnut for making Khatumbandh in old times. The raw material is available in log form. They are processed into two basic forms, one log beeding and second into panels. The beeding are used for making Gaz-pattis and the panels are used for posh.

Khatumbandh is prepared in many designs such as:-

i. Sheshgul

ii. Chaargul

iii. Chaarphool

iv. Panch Maraba

v. Teen Bakshi

vi. Muraba Badam

vii. Derwaza Grid etc. etc.

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J&K Handicrafts ( S&E )
EMPORIUM BUILDINGS, RESIDENCY ROAD
SRINAGAR , Jammu & Kashmir - 190001
India
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 WebSite :  jkhandicraftscorporation.nic.in
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