Design Gallery
Jewellery Box Painting - Agra
The craftsmen of Agra
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Marble is first carved into the desired shape of article.
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Poster colour is mixed with drops of adhesive to prevent the colour from fading.
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A base colour of the required motif is painted first.
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In the second layer of painting designs are painted.
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Mainly royal elephant motifs are painted.
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Jewellery box painted with elephant motifs.
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Photo frames made of marble are also painted to embellish the product.
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Final product of the painted marble frame.
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Painting on Marble is one of the traditional art of Utter Pradesh.
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Vermillion container made of marble and painted with a peacock motif.
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Decorative Jewelry box painted with elephant motif.
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Most of the products are painted with traditional elephant motifs.
The craftsmen of Agra are more known for their skilled carving in wood and stones. Agra is also known as a center for marble carving since Taj Mahal was built. It is believed that the ancient Shilpa Shastras or craft manuals have been laid down as precepts from father to son.
Human beings have usually decorated their walls of shelter from ages with earth pigments either with animal fat or painted the cave walls with their daily life activities. It is also simply painted to enhance the appearance of their surroundings, this same technique has been transferred to the surface of marble in Agra. Decorative paintings are more frequently done by stencilling, glazing, marbling and mural painting in most of the homes.
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