Khairi (leather shoe making)
Once leather has been bought in a natural dark or light brown colour from Sargodha, the process of colouring and tanning begins. J Wilson,...
Drua
The traditional double-hulled voyaging vessels of Fiji are known as the drua or waqa tabu (sacred boat). An art almost extinct, the origins of...
Wooden Buddha statues
Buddha statues are craft products expressing Buddhist faith. They are objects that represent and describe the abstract feelings, ideals and beliefs, in concrete form.
Carving...
Paper cuting
Paper cut, also known as paper carving, is a kind of hollowing-out art and visually leaves a sense of seeing through and gives us...
Metal
A wide range of smithing occurs in Laos to produce tools, jewellery and religious items. Blacksmiths (Lao: saang tii lek) may come from a...
Ethnic Textiles
Women in indigenous, ethnic communities in Bangladesh continue to use the traditional back strap loom known as bain tant for weaving their own clothes.....
Pottery
The production of ceramics (kheuang pan din phao) occurs throughout Laos. Artisans create both glazed and and unglazed pottery. Members of the Lao and...
Pata Chitra narrative scroll paintings of West Bengal
The intersection of art and the narration of religious tenets have an enduring antiquity in India. Evidence from the third century BCE attests to...
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Chun-zi-hua (silk flower)
The chan-hua (silk flower) crafts combine techniques of paper-cutting, weaving and embroidery. In Taiwan, the Hakka call this craft chan-hua, while the Taiwanese call...
Lukhtak amulet
Lukhtak is a traditional Tajik amulet. The creation of the lukhtak doll dates back to the pre-islamic period, the period of Zoroastrianism in the...
