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Bone craft, Crystal craft,
Fabricraft, Fiber craft,
Floral craft, Gemstones ,
Glass craft, Ivory craft,
Jewelry, Leather craft, Metalcraft,
Paper craft, Painting,
Pottery, Stone craft, Sculpture,
Tapestry, Wool craft,
Wood craft, Drawing, Writing,
Shell craft
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Stitching and Patching
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Appliqué and patch works over textile and leather goes under a
particular procedure to look much finished and beautiful too. This type
of needle work is practiced in many parts of India. Phulkari is another kind of
patch work which are practices in the north western part of India. The work is
generadone with dire concentration and exhaustive labor. the
artists sew and darn thlly under taken by the women. This is one handed percent
hand crafted product e clothes etc. in different shapes and size of
patches over the clothes placing it over the substances either
vertically, horizontally or diagonally
Embroidery, and appliqué are the elaborate works act upon the
fabrics, leather to create ornamentals productions like garments, footwear,
wall hanging and home furnishing. The works are meticulous, back bending and
extensive work which takes lots of care and patience for the job.
Embroidery starts with the design drawn over the cloth or leather
outlined for leading the work correct and uniformly. Then the needle work
begins with various stitches sewing over the materials with different colors
and contour. A variety of needlework like "Chikan" shadow work, open work, knot
work are under take by the craftsman which have been traditionally perfected
from generation to generation. The stitches also differs from places to
place 'Bagh ', 'Phulkari' and 'Kasauti' are some of the well known works.
This work is also done over leather to produce many graceful items
Appliqué is a patchwork. It also done over fabrics like
cotton, silk and others. Darning the clothes with vibrant colored cut pieces of
fabrics incised in speckled sizes of birds, animals and flowers. Even the
images of god and goddess are stitches over the fabrics.
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Different Stitches
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Blanket stitch, cross stitch, French stitch, feather stitch,
couching stitch, spilt stitch turkey stitch, long and short, lazy daisy stitch,
whipped stitch, chain stitch, straight stitch.
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