New Feature-'Art and Crafts of India: Dokra Art'

<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086507556665717698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoU6UWwY-gYJwLqav-qtAj3kOyevwLbwmei4WWM6KCXZt84Lr4-VwYPOg62HYNIWxmrvOgvSCIZQo9z_9ZEvecjkZKgvjvOniK4KvSftm_YC5-6wL5RXwjOktcv7OfjmDiUxSuQGokWm-/s400/dokra.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />India is a country with rich art & craft heritage. I personally love the various art & crafts and try to incorporate them in my home.<br /><br /><div><div>I have started a new feature, where I'll be highlighting an India art or craft.<br /><br />My first post is <a href="http://www.notjustbeautiful.com/popup.php?ID=Dhokra%20art%20of%20Bastar%20(the%20lost%20wax%20process)">'Dokra Art'</a><br /></div><div>It's an ancient art of casting metal using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_wax_casting">lost-wax method</a>. The tribals from India make amazing idols & figures of Gods & Godesses, Animals, Birds and also their daily lives.</div><br /><div>Above is a Dokra idol of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali">'Goddess Kali' </a>in my home.</div></div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086544583578776578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_aC_-cXfiol27-xg0tZnfOQRqz9CwD3CGLNCSbpCK5nzMrl8D1CAhwoNtjzHkNoYNZraoxAL5MHkn3DMCTwJH0nIe7UCI4MfWFfucwsskJRFYsAzUPxNnP_RCM3Q6V-0ms4HAv0zqB44/s400/owl.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />'The Owl' occasionally sits on my crockery sideboard.<br /><p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086543883499107314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXtP36t98Mnq-q098kCXHWtiiPWhXtcgV0kRH87SF4pjKut-TAOIGs8l0dpMP6hLZlYFB362cKiCowzg1jsGG_o8y4WC0Ibny0WVjrsVF9Pq7oo6W3tfROhvz9obP56ss9UPrpvwcsWMR/s400/brass.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Animal figures in my daughter's bathroom.</p>

New Feature-'Art and Crafts of India: Dokra Art'

India is a country with rich art & craft heritage. I personally love the various art & crafts and try to incorporate them in my home...

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