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Bandhani
The tie-dyed fabrics of
Gujarat are perhaps the best produced in India. Also known as Bandhej,
it is produced on superfine cotton mulmul, muslin sometimes combined
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Furnishings
Gujarat offers a broad range of furnishings. From
simple and elegant cushion covers to quilts and bedcovers in a wide
range of styles. Quilts are another well-liked handicraft item.
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Dhurries
Dhurries, carpets, blankets and rugs are natural
fiber on primitive pitlooms in the villages of Kutch. Wankars
dexterously weave designs with their hands while the mechanism is worked
by foot pedals. The result, gorgeous patterns and remarkable colours
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Silver and Stone Crafts
Gujarat's other supreme craft is silver and
stone
works, found nowhere superior than in the former princely state of Saurashtra and Kutch where children of the original court swordsmiths
and jewelers, now make fine beetle nut crackers, copper coated iron
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Pottery
The state's oldest handicraft is surely pottery,
which achieved great principles of excellence in antique times. The
commonest of art forms, pottery is also one of the most fascinating. |
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Sankheda Furniture
Another handicraft manufacturing that has become
synonymous with Southern Gujarat is the lacquered furniture of Sankheda
near Vadodara. Wood is curved with tools and painted with floral and
intangible designs in bright shades of gold, silver, maroon, green,
vermilion, and brown by using sticks dipped in a coloured mixture of
dyes, powdered zinc, lac and resin. |
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Mat-no-Chandarvo
Gujarat has a very wealthy heritage of art &
crafts. The excavations at the Harappan sites in Gujarat at Lothal,
Rangpur, Rozdi etc. have brought to light some of the very antique
handicraft articles.
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Patan Patola
The Patola Silk from Patan is famous and
one of the biggest selling fabrics in some of the larger
cities.The patola is one of the finest hand-woven sarees
produced today. This is a specialty of Patan, and is famous
for extremely delicate patterns woven with great precision and
clarity.
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Zari Embroidery
Work
Being wooden means being lively for the
craftspeople of Gujarat.he craftsperson of Gujarat quite obviously fell
in love with wood: it was infused with color, shape and shine quite
unlike any wooden articles found anywhere else. |
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