Sandalwood – the Unique Possession of Karnataka
Karnataka is also known as the 'Sandalwood state of India', thus making it inevitable that Sandalwood crafts will be the most illustrious art of Karnataka. This fragrant soft wood is incorporated some of the most charming items. Highly skilled workers are employed to make articles like lamp shades, trays, jewel boxes, decorative articles, combs and even walking sticks with rosewood handles. An interesting fact is that only the Gudigar families of Shimoga, Uttara Kannada and Mysore districts specialize in this craft, thus making it a peerless art of IndiCraving of Karnataka – Embossed Perfection
Karnataka qualifies in not only one but three form of carvings, that is wood, stone and ivory. Having a colossal amount of wood forest reserve, Karnataka has continued to employ age old techniques of crafting on the wood. The best examples of this art can be seen on the ceilings and gateways of royal homes and the temples. The carved religious as well as decorative sculptors form an important buy in Karnataka. The articles made of rosewood is surely not to be missed.
Ivory carving on the other hand comprise of articles that are carved delicately without excessively ornate image adjoining the figures. Karnataka has its own fame in ivory making but today many of the Mysore's masterpieces are preserved in the museums of London and Russia.
Stone carving in Karnataka are the prized skills of the Shilpis carvers. The stone cravings of Karnataka are also famous all over the world.sorse;http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=497888835086256241
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