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Wood Art Varied, Rich and Elegant!

Posted On : Dec-19-2011 | seen (488) times | Article Word Count : 493 |

It is amazing the sheer variety of objects that you have make using wood. From simple pen stands, to jewellery boxes to images of Ganesha to a wooden pencil the scope is really vast for wood art here.

Wood craft consisting of wood carving and the creation of articles of daily use is a very ancient craft in the Indian subcontinent with India and Myanmar leading the way for centuries now. The age old Hindu temples had huge doors, scaffolding, etc made of wood only. Many of them had miniature and complex engraving done their surface as well. But here our focus is on wood art that results in products such s the pen stands, jewellery boxes, and figurines of gods and goddesses.

Pen stands, jewellery boxes, figurines and what not

Among the products that you get to see made of wood are – pen stands, jewellery boxes, and images of Hindu gods and goddesses such as Lord Ganesha. Though various other items also can be made like tables and chairs. But here, we are only focussing on these relatively smaller but equally important products that are mentioned here.

Wooden pen stands with a coating of lac has always been a favourite with the connoisseurs who like to be close to nature. The sheer earthiness and at the same time durableness of these pend stands make them stand apart.

Bihar, Rajasthan and the other states are all in the fore front in wood art!

These are the handcrafted products from the highly skilled artisans of the Katihar regon of the north eastern state of Bihar. These craftspersons have always excelled in working with lac.

Otherwise, you can always go in for a more impressive idols made of exquisite kinds of wood like sheesham. These include images of Ganesha, Buddha and other gods and goddesses. Irresistibly beautiful pea cocks are also common

This particular wood art is from the craft rich Western state of Rajasthan. Centres like Jaipur has always been bustling markets for the production and sale of this kind of wood art. The Pagadi Ganaesh , the Sumukha Ganesha, the Jalidar Elephant, Ashok Stumbh, the Sitting Buddha, etc are good examples of this craft that originated in Jaipur several centuries ago.

We are not just talking about this kind of relatively complicated craft involving artifacts You can always have a simple but very elegant wooden pencil and be able to use it as well. If you do manage to use such a pencil, then you can rest assured that you will be actually making a big statement of fact of being a honest and practising environment friendly person.

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Satyajit Banerjee is an expert writer in handicraft arena and writes for Craffts.com, an eCommerce portal for handcrafted and Handmade products. It offers wide range of products across various categories ranging from Handmade Wood Art, Hand-made Bags, Women Apparels, Accessories, Necklaces, Home Décor & Furnishing products and much more.

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