Warli Paintings

Warli is the name of the largest tribe to be found on the northern outskirts of Bombay, in Western India and extends up to the Gujarat border. The origin of the Warlis is yet unknown and no records of this art are found, but many scholars and folklorists believe that it can be traced to as early as the tenth century AD.

This Warli art was eventually rediscovered in the early seventies, and became popular for its unique simplicity and fervour for life.

Usually the Warli paintings are done during the marriage ceremony and they call them as Lagnace citra meaning marriage paintings. The painting is sacred and without it the marriage cannot take place. 

The subjects found in these paintings are wedding scenes, various animals, birds, trees, men, women, children, descriptive harvest scene, group of men dancing around a person playing the music, dancing peacocks, and many more. One of the famous Warli paintings is the marriage chowkatt – a painting made at the time of marriage.

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     Arts and crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with one's hands and skill. These can be sub-divided into handicrafts or "traditional crafts" (doing things the old way) and "the rest". Some crafts have been practised for centuries, while others are modern inventions, or popularisations of crafts which were originally practised in a very small geographic area.

     Most crafts require a combination of skill, speed, and patience, but they can also be learnt on a more basic level by virtually anyone. Many community centres and schools run evening or day classes and workshops offering to teach basic craft skills in a short period of time. Many of these crafts become extremely popular for brief periods of time (a few months, or a few years), spreading rapidly among the crafting population as everyone emulates the first examples, then their popularity wanes until a later resurgence.

Types of arts and crafts
     There are almost as many variations on the theme of "arts and crafts" and can be broken down into following categories:

Crafts involving textiles

• Cross-stitch
• Embroidery
• Knitting
• Patchwork
• Quilting
• Ribbon embroidery
• Sewing
• Weaving

Crafts involving paper or canvas

• Paper craft
  • Collage
  • Decoupage
  • Embossing
  • Papermaking
  • Origami or Paper folding
  • Papier-mâch

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Flower Decoration

wedding ceremony without flower decoration is incomplete. Wedding flower decorations can be of different types. This also include the bouquets, corsages, boutonnieres, and any ceremony and reception decor.

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Types of Flower Decorations

There are innumerable types of wedding flower arrangements that can be used. A wedding bouquet should be chosen carefully. A unique and a beautiful bouquet would make a great addition to the wedding ceremony. It could be matching with the bride's body proportion, skin tone, and facial appearance and also the attire that the bride is wearing. The boutonnieres are the flowers that are worn by the groom. Boutonnieres are made up of small flowers and are attached to the jacket of the groom. These flowers could be of various colors of which a suitable one needs to be selected. Wreaths are the round shaped flower decorations that consist of flower rings which can be used as centerpieces in the wedding hall. They can also be used as hangers and headpieces which add to the overall look of the venue.

Pista Shell Art

Velvet Emboss painting

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Reverse Glass Painting

Glass paintings are popular artifacts that art lovers like to collect. It involves the use of vibrant synthetic glass paints on glass as a base. Skilled artists have wonderful glass painting ideas which can be witnessed in various glass painting images in art galleries or markets. With the changing trends, painting concepts are also changing. Now-a-days, modern glass painting designs are quite a hit among contemporary art lovers. In fact, art beginners can take lessons through how to do glass painting websites.

What is Glass Painting?

Glass painting is a kind of drawing painted on the inside surface of transparent glass, executed with oil and hard resin or with watercolor and gum on glass sheets. Another form of glass painting is the reverse glass painting wherein, engravings are laid down on the back of the glass, and painted from the reverse. The effect is one of stunning clarity and rich color ideally serving as a connoisseur's delight.

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Major types of traditional stained glass paints are:

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How is Glass Painting Done?

The process of glass painting usually starts with etching a full size working drawing. Using this drawing as a template, the glass is selected and cut, and each piece of glass is individually painted using glass paint. The paint is then fired into the surface by heating the glass to approximately 650 degree centigrade in a furnace. When all of the glass has been painted it is assembled into lead panels.
Glass Painting Tips

• Avoid the use of printed or textured glass for glass painting.
• The glass surface has to be absolutely clean for, the glass paint won't stick on a dusty surface.
• It is wise to trace the design in case you are not good at freestyle sketching.
• Prefer buying glass painting kits rather than picking up colors, liners etc. individually.
• Make sure the glass is kept intact until the paint dries as even the slightest movement of glass can lead to color smudging.

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