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Textile crafts of Jaipur are very famous in India. Textile can make delicate Crafts using various fabrics as basic material. The textile crafts ranges from dress making to embroidery, knitting etc. these crafts are basically undertaken a taste for fashion and/or producing various items such as clothing, furnishing, works of art etc. Clothes can make extremely elegant crafts by the keen craftsmen and using different techniques. The modern techniques of textile crafts include crochet and lace making, patchwork, and run making, spinning and weaving, tapestry, batik and tie dyeing.
The textile crafts elegant gift items that can be presented to dear ones especially to children. Hand crafted baby quilts, custom designed embroidered sweatshirts and T-shirts, custom bunnies, snowmen, embroidered, personalized towels etc. are typical textile crafts manufactured in bulk. The heritage rugs are another aspect of textile crafts that have wide acceptance today. These heritage rugs are hand crafted delicately, decorative penny rugs can be used to adorn a table, wall or on the ground/floor covering.
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The use of blue glaze on pottery made from Multani mitti, or Fuller’s earth, is essentially an imported technique, first developed by Mongol artisans who combined Chinese glazing technology with Persian decorative arts. This technique travelled south to India with early Muslim potentates in the 14th century. During its infancy, it was strictly used to make tiles to decorate mosques, tombs and palaces in Central Asia.
Jaipur is well known for its blue art pottery. This craft had its beginning in the first part of the 19th century. Blue pottery came to India from Persia and Afghanistan, but the Jaipur craftspersons learnt the art from the Delhi and Multan potters. After the Mughal era, there was a temporary lull till the craft was revived by master craftsman Kirpal Singh Shekhawat.
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Miniature paintings are today among the most sought after souvenirs from Rajasthan. All major centers of miniatures, namely Kishangarh, Udaipur, Jaipur and Marwar have their own styles of depicting religious and court scenes. Paintings of women is another theme, which Kishangarh has perfected as the Indian Mona Lisa.
Pichhwais of Nathdwara wholly depict the scenes of life of Lord Krishna. Phad is another style painted on long cloths using red colors, which mostly depict the entire life story of popular local legend Pabuji.
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Jaipur is also well known for its carpets and made different types of carpet. Carpet industry of Jaipur has surpassed many other centers in terms of extremely fine craftsmanship on wool and silk. An amazing variety of carpets in Persian, Kashmiri and Mughal styles can be fetched at real affordable prices. Durries are thick cotton floor spreads that are finely woven incorporating beautiful designs. Woven in the villages around Jodhpur, these are made using very beautiful light colors that now even adorn on the walls of up-market hotels! Durries are woven all over the country where skilled labour is available cheaply. Durries-Making which dates back to very ancient days in India had been popular in eastern and northern Rajasthan, meeting a steady demand from the court and the general public.
Carved sandalwood is presented in wide range of objects like desert caravan with tiny camels, Lord Krishna playing the flute in a divine mood or nymphs in aesthetic dance poses. Also available is fragrant sandalwood key chains, paper knives and trinklet boxes.
Furniture: The traditional furniture of Rajasthan is inlaid with brass sheet work or painted with dancing figures or embellished with hunting scenes. While Ramgarh,Shekhwati,Barmer and Bikaner are known for their carved wodden doors,chairs,tables and chests,Tilona furniture stands out for its fine embroidery work done on leather. Patra furniture which is planted with white metal has carved out its own market niche.
Toys and Dolls: Made of stuffed cloth decorated with tinsel and embroidered fabric figures of elephants and horses is Jaipur specially. Merta in Nagaur is known for soft tinted clay toys while Udaipur’s is famous for its wooden toys. Rajasthani puppets because of their exaggerated eyes and brightly coloured dresses are eye catching and impressive.
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Religious images, animals and human figures are carved out of white marble in Jaipur. The soft pink sand stone, Tamara stone and the soft chrolite of Dungarpur are the other varieties used for making icons ,utility items, figures etc.
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Jaipur is the home of glazed blue pottery which had its origin in Persia. The thriving blue pottery of Jaipur dates back to the 16th century when the influences of China and Persia were brought by Raja Man Singh I of Amer through its contacts with the Mughal rulers of Delhi.
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Skilled artisians were summoned from Heart (Afghanistan) by Raja Man Singh 1 of Amer to train the local workers. Bikaner and Amer are prominent centres of carpet weaving . The carpet designs are mostly based on Persian and cancassion styles.
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Paintings has always been an integral part of Rajasthani culture-a way of life. From humble village huts to the opulent palaces of the Maharajas from the home of wandering folk singers to monumental temples of hoary antiquity, paintings are to be found everywhere in many colour and forms.
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Leatherware particularly jooties (slippers) with embroidered uppers are famous and popular. Today even designer hand bags with graphic embroideries make a good buy.
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