BEING CRAFTY
An exhibition in the city brings you tribal and folk arts and crafts from around the country
With its vast cultural diversity, India is home to many folk art forms that thrive in different states. Potliarts, a folk and tribal art and craft venture aims to revive, showcase and promote this rich heritage of Indian handmade arts. To this end, they have organised an exhibition and sale in the city this week. The display covers paintings from the Gond, Warli, Saura and Santhal tribes and folk paintings of the Mithila, kalamkari, patachitra and palm-leaf styles, among others.
Lambani embroidered sari What’s on display
ENLIGHTENED BUDDHA IN KALAMKARI. PRICE: R30,000 Kalamkari is a hand-painted form of art that developed around Srikalahasti in Andhra Pradesh, ‘kalam’ meaning pen and ‘kari’ meaning work. The art started with hand-painted temple cloth. Kalamkari paintings often illustrate Indian mythologies and epics.PATACHITRA PAINTINGS. PRICE: R12,000 Patachitra is an art from Odisha. Storytelling, drama, singing, folk songs and a wide range of human emotions illustrate centuriesold Patachitra paintings. It took its present form when art moved from walls to scrolls and folios.
SANTHAL TRIBAL PAINTING. PRICE: R7,000 The ‘Jadu Patuas’ (magician painters) from Bihar and West Bengal paint scrolls for the Santhal tribe. Santhal paintings often depict tribal villages and their people and include scenes like harvesting, dancing, festivities, social themes and group activities.
SAURA TRIBAL ART PAINTING: PRICE: R20,000 The Saura tribe of
Odisha is one of India’s oldest tribes. Saura paintings are done to
appease the Gods and the ancestors. These drawings are also made for
averting disease, promoting fertility and depicting festive occasions.
GOND PAINTING: PRICE R6,000 The Gond tribe is the largest nomadic tribal
group in Central India. Gond paintings are inspired by nature and
religious beliefs and include their visual interpretation of people,
animals, birds, trees (with faces), deities, huts and village scenes.
GADWAKAM METAL CAST PRICE: R30,000
Gadwakam is also known as cire perdue (French name for the method of casting bronze in a wax mould). The art originated in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. India has a distinguished history of Gadwakam in its earliest records, as seen in the iron beams of the sun temple in Konark, Odisha, and the iron pillar at Qutb Minar in Delhi. PAITHANI SARIS. PRICE: R10,800 Originating in Maharashtra, Paithani saris have an ingenious interlocking tapestry technique to pattern their metal borders and pallus (end panels). The outstanding feature of the sari is the gold-woven pattern, which gives the fabric an enamelled look. This style of woven patterning is called minakari.
LAMBANI TRIBAL EMBROIDERED SARI. PRICE: R4,300 Lambani are part of the Banjara (gypsy) tribes. The exquisite, hand-crafted embroidery of the Lambani tribe from Shimoga in Karnataka is inspired by the woods.
HAND WOVEN BATIK SARI. PRICE: R3,500
Bengal makes a wide range of exquisite hand-woven fabrics like
Shantiniketan cotton, Tangail saris, baluchari saris, jamdani muslins.
These saris are made in the traditional jamdani technique with batik and
hand block painted patterns.
GADWAKAM METAL CAST PRICE: R30,000
Gadwakam is also known as cire perdue (French name for the method of casting bronze in a wax mould). The art originated in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. India has a distinguished history of Gadwakam in its earliest records, as seen in the iron beams of the sun temple in Konark, Odisha, and the iron pillar at Qutb Minar in Delhi. PAITHANI SARIS. PRICE: R10,800 Originating in Maharashtra, Paithani saris have an ingenious interlocking tapestry technique to pattern their metal borders and pallus (end panels). The outstanding feature of the sari is the gold-woven pattern, which gives the fabric an enamelled look. This style of woven patterning is called minakari.
LAMBANI TRIBAL EMBROIDERED SARI. PRICE: R4,300 Lambani are part of the Banjara (gypsy) tribes. The exquisite, hand-crafted embroidery of the Lambani tribe from Shimoga in Karnataka is inspired by the woods.
HAND WOVEN BATIK SARI. PRICE: R3,500
Bengal makes a wide range of exquisite hand-woven fabrics like
Shantiniketan cotton, Tangail saris, baluchari saris, jamdani muslins.
These saris are made in the traditional jamdani technique with batik and
hand block painted patterns.
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