Rajasthan art and craft





Inside view of Arts Crafts: Rajasthan has created and preserved rich craft heritage which includes fabulous fabrics in lovely prints, precious and semi-precious stones, Stone, clay, leather, wood, ivory, lac, glass, brass, silver, gold and textiles are decorated in the most brilliant forms, Kundan Meenakari Jewellery, embroidered leather work, other hand crafted items of wood, ivory, lac, glass, brass, silver and gold. among the richest states in the country as far as the field of arts and crafts is concerned. Some of the popular crafts are :

1)Rajasthan Jewellery :
It is famous for customized jewellery and art and crafts items You can find here many items related to lovely prints, precious and semi-precious stones, Kundan Meenakari Jewellery, embroidered leather work, other hand crafted items of wood, ivory, lac, glass, brass, silver and gold.

2)Textiles : Each region has its own special color scheme, design and technique. Dyed in the bandhani or tie & dye style reign supreme in Rajasthan.Rajasthani textiles come in a fascinating range of dyed and block-printed fabric which are further embroidered. The best bandhej comes from Sikar and Jodhpur, while Jaipur, Barmer, Pali, Udaipur and Nathdwara are the other centers.

3)Paintings: Rajasthani paintings are the best examples of miniature and folk all over the world for treatment and composition, color scheme and subjecting. Even miniature paintings are done on marble. Jaipur is the main centre for exquiste marble objects.Use of vibrant colours, bold lines, two dimensional treatment of figures and entire composition distributed in compartments are some of the unique features of these paintings, popularly known as ‘phad’ paintings.