Untitled Document
| Hand crafted wooden jewellery box with marble cover and traditional
gold painting |
| Size-5*5 inches |
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| About
Wood Craft: |
Between
the soulless anonymity of mass-produced goods and the dizzying price levels
of antiques, some artifacts can still be loosely categorized as folk art.
Woodwork of Rajasthan is one such example, an effort at continuing our
artistic and cultural traditions. Rajasthan is an inexhaustible source
of marvel and fascination. Its wonder and mystery are deepened by the
large number of artifacts produced by rural artisans over the centuries.
The artifacts have helped preserve the ancient artistic and cultural traditions
in the villages. All over Rajasthan , one finds innumerable wooden sculptures
in rural style, each carved respectively in the local style of the area.
Freestanding, three-dimensional sculptures in this style are very few
in number, while those carved in relief on the wooden planks are numerous.
Both the varieties are marked by an expressive quality that results from
direct carving.
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It is not
possible to trace the development of folk sculptures in a chronological
sequence, for no dated images are to be found. Nor is it possible to
date them. In fact, these carvings cannot be said to have a history
but they certainly have a tradition. There are strong indications that
this style had been handed down from generation to generation for centuries.
The three-dimensional freestanding sculptures are hewn out of a single
block of wood. Efforts are made by the carvers to keep the grain of
wood intact. What strikes one most about these images is that they are
cylindrical. In fact, this cylindrical form derives from the shape of
the log, lending the sculptures a wonderful three-dimensional quality.
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