The southernmost state of India, famous for its long lasting legacy, Tamil Nadu is a place which harbors intelligent creativity, constantly promoting the ingenious talent of its artisans. Tamil Nadu is famous for the production of different handicraft items.
Visit Baazkart today and be a part of this historic tradition, for you can buy any kind of authentic handicraft item, outsourced from them indigenous Tamil artisans, who are working day and night to sustain a living from their tradition.
- Tanjore paintings
Tanjore Paintings are the most famous works of art originated from South India. It is the native art form of Thanjavur, also known as Tanjore city of Tamil Nadu. The stable composition supplanted with richness in its surface and vibrant colors of Tanjore Paintings help them stand out from its competition. Embellishing the artwork with semi-precious stones, pearls, and glass pieces, further adding on to the product’s appeal. Relief work gives the artwork a three-dimensional effect. Tanjore Paintings of India originated during the 16th century, under the reign of Chola kings.
Steps involved in making a Tanjore painting.
The first step involves preparation of them preliminary sketches of the requisite image on the given base. The base is made of cloth, which is in turn pasted over a wooden base.
The second step, is mixing of chalk powder with water-soluble adhesives; thereafter applying it on the base.
Finally, the drawing is made and ornamented with glass, pearls and semi-precious stones. Laces or threads can be used to adorn the painting. For further ornamentation, wafer thin sheets of gold are pasted in relief on the painting, creating some other parts in bright and vibrant colors.
2. Kanchipuram Sarees
The gorgeous Kanchipuram silk saris are claimed to be descended from Sage Markanda. These sarees have unique designs of sun, moon, plants, animals, etc. stitched onto the body in golden threads and contrasting borders.
The sarees are sewn from pure mulberry silk. The pure mulberry silk used in Kanchipuram saris comes from South India; whereas the zari comes from Gujarat. To create a Kanchipuram saree, three shuttles are used. While the weaver works on the right shuttle, his aid operates on the left side shuttle. The distinguished pallu has a different wrap altogether, after fabricating the pallu separately, it is delicately joined with the body.
The best Kanchipuram sarees have a rich collection of delicately wrought designs, sumptuously adorned with an intricate thread work of gold sewn borders, realizing an authentic style with less density of motifs or introducing of a new color palette.
3. Leaf Paintings
Featuring Hindu gods and goddesses, depicting stories from Ramayana and Mahabharata, the classic Tanjore paintings present perfect harmony and rhythm in composition, blending them colors creating a polychromatic effect. The speciality of Tanjore paintings lies in their ornamentation. Golden leaves, gilded metal pieces and semi-precious stones, used to decorate and embellish them figures on the paintings.
Best Tanjore gold leaf paintings are available in Chennai, a city where legendary artists with an eye for authenticity and detailing, reproduce superior Tanjores using original vegetable pigments.
In case you ever make your mind to visit the state of Tamil Nadu, do not forget to pick up any one of these authentic handicraft items, and send us a picture of the same, so that we can add that to our lucky draw, where you can stand a chance to win an exciting gift hamper.
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