Types of Assam Handicrafts.

Cane and bamboo are used for making beautiful handicrafts products. In addition, terracotta products of Assam are also good examples of beautiful crafts.

Various types of handicrafts available in Assam.

Handloom

Jewelry

Bamboo and Cane products

Brass and Bell metal crafts

Pottery

Woodcraft

Masks

Terracotta

Traditional Paintings

Toys

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Dhana Murti - Lord Ganesh.

First Thing 

What is Rice Grain and What we do with a rice grain?

You can feed it to the pigeon, Parrot, Squirrel.

You can take a bite too when it raw.

But can you make a God Image from Rice Grain?

Dhana Murti is an rice grain Idols which are made by using three elements like rice Grains, bamboo silvers and colored threads. The bamboo silvers are dipped in a turmeric water and kept in sun for dry and more flexible. Then the crafts man sit to fold and coil the rice sticks into various forms and objects.

Dhana Murthi

The coiled sticks are put in a place with a twist of colored cotton threads, to look beautiful and more attractive. From this coil craftsmen made various types of Goddess Laxmi or Lord Ganesha, Kalash and peacock art. 

This art was made by the tribal Mundari which are found in Jharkhand state, Odisha, west Bengal, Chattisgarh, Bihar and Bangladesh. Dhanamurti is a beautiful Home Decor products which always brings about our culture, richness and diversity. 

Cuttack silver Filigree, India

Silver Filigree:

 Filigree, is an ancient art of crafting jewelry with fine metal wires.  The famous Silver Filigree craft made in silver city Cuttack, Odisha.  It is basically known as "Tarakasi "work which is a rich traditional craft work of Odisha said to be over five hundred years old.

This work is known and very popular because of its unique design and quality, as the products are made of 90% or more pure silver.

Silver  Filigree work

Process:

The process of making a silver filigree product is very peculiar in character; for it does not involve carving, engraving or molding a block of metal into jewelry, rather, building the piece bit by bit, by joining hair thin silver wires.

These silver or gold are melted on a small stove and then poured into a mold to make rods. These rods are inserted into manual wire drawing machines with smaller and smaller apertures, resulting in fine wires – the basic ingredients of filigree. The wires for outlines are placed on the design sheet and shaped according to the drawing.

Designs:

Designs are first drafted on a piece of paper, inspirations for which are derived from temples, the Konark wheel, god and goddesses, flora and fauna , jewelries of Odissi Dancers.

 Silver Filigree has been an important export item of Odisha from ancient times and has been a symbol of excellence reached by Odisha craftsmen.

Horn Crafts of odisha.

Odisha is famous for it's handicrafts which show the skill and creativity of odisha craftsmen. There are various crafts like Brass Work, Silver Work, Applique work and Horn work.

In odisha the artisans made the beautiful horn crafts for daily use like combs, flower vases, pen stands and home decor products. first the Horn is polished smooth and the n shaped into various designs. From this horn the artisans made beautiful cranes, lobsters, scorpions, various bird's and Lord Jagannath. These horn crafts surface gives a dark sheen but it gives the eye catching of all art lovers. 

Kids Crafts which You Can Make in Under an Hour which gives new look.

A Kids crafts which is  experimenting with colorful  buttons.

Button Crafts

Handmade Dhokra Tribal Jewellery of odisha.

There is a popular old forms of ethnic traditional tribal jewellery in India and the other form is the Dhokra Jewellery which made in odisha Dhenkanal .They come in various beautiful and delicate designs which are handcrafted by our great artisans.

Tribal Jewellery

Tribal jewellery made before 5000 year old in the times of Mohenjodaro civilisation. Now the young and old artisans mix the old and the new design to get the latest modern  ancient jewellery in the markets. This traditional tribal jewellery is such a unique piece which complete your outfits and you can be used for both casual and formal wear.

This handmade jewellery made of brass which is called the Dhokra art. First it starts with a pure clay model and puts in a wax and that will join the molten brass. Once the actual shape made, it kept outside to dry under the sun. When it fully dry, the brass piece is checked and heated, and finally the brass design is ready for polish in tamarind water to give more shining. It takes too much time and days to complete a single Dhokra pieces. 

Crafts of Rajasthan knwon to all countries and exported worldwide