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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Thanks decor8!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkgTtYwAPlJZQg9BQl0xLzOCNnxuIVbKQZuuAdQXt-o2GX0_sJp0wiQI3GjxsSg8tsmFkjWZWMBNsKE5bFCTGzc1apwVykO8DTbRy7V7hb5EiD6BLjT9QOLq7X7Z63v45BXtiAYkHFV3uu/s1600-h/decor8.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086236286531302306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkgTtYwAPlJZQg9BQl0xLzOCNnxuIVbKQZuuAdQXt-o2GX0_sJp0wiQI3GjxsSg8tsmFkjWZWMBNsKE5bFCTGzc1apwVykO8DTbRy7V7hb5EiD6BLjT9QOLq7X7Z63v45BXtiAYkHFV3uu/s400/decor8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>Rang-Decor is the <a href="http://decor8.blogspot.com/2007/07/blog-of-week-rang-your-passage-to-india.html">'Blog of the Week' </a>on <a href="http://www.decor8.blogspot.com/">decor8</a>.<br /><div><br />Thanks a lot Holly!</div>

Thanks decor8!

Rang-Decor is the 'Blog of the Week' on decor8 . Thanks a lot Holly!

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Passionate about Antiques.

I fell in love with this traditional Kerala mansion and all the amazing antique chests, lamps, pillars it housed.<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085780482498419506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylxfTHvFy5bWGYtJBH8LoIHXsW_u_Bx02uWShWnqe7ofhKH0o5egjOiuBdetk6yAZHJyuYn4GPVVQp4Udngfix_9hcoJoqWF_T8Wc2VlM6kgxAj6hy-yJgmqagHOj-gR6CNYF6ZUMjf56/s400/pas1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />This is Rafia Jacob in her lovely colonial mansion in Kottayam named Casa Kunnenkeril.<br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085780508268223346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj3oXgRnbkUJIkn1x7AnLhVzILAjnfKG3qIh3pDYlHGCv_LjXbYmMZVtZ5Q6Nnv9IJvIeQ5Ga8PkSz1Pr5_WUuS9tn5P0ufEeb044Jydqm2M7tW2ciilxuvzB9MjbZ8M797UNJDYsE2GxX/s400/pas5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Rafia is passionate about antiques, she collects colonial furniture, unusual artefacts, accessories.. which is displayed casually in her home & garden.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085780847570639746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSYwGtpnocvUUoMieckEKzqh1ZFa2S9W8xEWrHLZZJfdddiEcMEC9eIi8fCf6LwF5553FNdWo19bhyPwvjndj4nwKJ-5JTESh-c35xOtWxE4nU7y8HDbDNDB3XpRNQwXzKlxmPIJEx1o7/s400/pas6.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Rafia also restores old Kerala houses. Her craftsmen repair and restore these houses and bring them back to their original splendor. <em>Great Job!</em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085780851865607058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHwx-kw6fM2ke1PzyBqomV3SPAECFZV8u-k1as_BM0HTgPJYFmPdXoXQFcCy87szKd_gOVe5Sfp2DRGLYrU5fnCGI8zvyBEk7Pi2Z5rVYAYWVdaoru-jx5tpQ_wNRNDgNPmERQXajxcny/s400/pas7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Amazing wooden chests, pillars and traditional brass lamps.</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lVrlK323hPP8dLMRmScAxJwFcZxr8vtsydzdQhBQnL9K2HUFEOK9IghPHLlbYPFwZxxRJ8F8sNVsJQgE5Cw4SAimL_tKl-3fri4KnKD_6PhdFY2z0rrt0o9eHHWkganacEz67Rof3dvq/s1600-h/pas2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085780482498419522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lVrlK323hPP8dLMRmScAxJwFcZxr8vtsydzdQhBQnL9K2HUFEOK9IghPHLlbYPFwZxxRJ8F8sNVsJQgE5Cw4SAimL_tKl-3fri4KnKD_6PhdFY2z0rrt0o9eHHWkganacEz67Rof3dvq/s400/pas2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><em>Teak & Rose wood furniture</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zJeYoKeaQglMQJAGu5UKhR_jTXkC4fT0ABUS4NkSpYofn-q7XRHZF4RNAfyussYCxVneaEn487BXdbXgh5VO1NDJng0KOK_EaUw2FTB_7lj21IqDrZM5PE5I3alaf6Fekx-sZrZ0tk7V/s1600-h/pas3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085780499678288722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zJeYoKeaQglMQJAGu5UKhR_jTXkC4fT0ABUS4NkSpYofn-q7XRHZF4RNAfyussYCxVneaEn487BXdbXgh5VO1NDJng0KOK_EaUw2FTB_7lj21IqDrZM5PE5I3alaf6Fekx-sZrZ0tk7V/s400/pas3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><em>Antique brass beetle nut crackers and accessories.</em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085780856160574370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJY_IRzolC8A1EIivnjnnb9ywR0GOrS5TY40IqPqaLpfJPtTc3NNMatzeHxuTlms2OJKnfTvfFgN5pM_hDFqagcAXKLQYUKB3xH82Sg0c4tGABG4Cww0cbCOQyfpTbjlE_IP0G0Hrg4Tm/s400/pas8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Lovely, Lovely furniture, desks, cupboards & chairs.</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXVksqMPs6sSeKpvEC3-MKXWBtWvc87qVO5qVdZ9GaSpAd2EBiTxpLVOPYiZ2L7bV3JdvpqBTekOxhl6f8kq8B1HaCYxzlyNgKcwu0v0rQSq8DVfQq0r_zCD6E15dAIRA7H0JzKnS4pY6/s1600-h/pas4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085780499678288738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXVksqMPs6sSeKpvEC3-MKXWBtWvc87qVO5qVdZ9GaSpAd2EBiTxpLVOPYiZ2L7bV3JdvpqBTekOxhl6f8kq8B1HaCYxzlyNgKcwu0v0rQSq8DVfQq0r_zCD6E15dAIRA7H0JzKnS4pY6/s400/pas4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><em>Copper Sulphate coloured chandelier in the living room.<br /></em></div><br />Hope you enjoyed the antiques as much I enjoyed sharing them. I am so inspired, I am off to re-arrange the furniture in my home :-)<br /><br /><em>( images from Inside Outside Magazine, June 2005 issue)</em>

Passionate about Antiques.

I fell in love with this traditional Kerala mansion and all the amazing antique chests, lamps, pillars it housed. This is Rafia Jacob in her...

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