Thursday, February 11, 2016

South Indian Wood Art


Southern India produces beautiful wood crafts and every time I visit my homestate of Tamilnadu in India, I always buy some wood craft items from the local emporium. This time I was also able to buy Kerala wood crafts when I took a trip to Wayanad. The pot above was a plain polished wood piece (see left most photo in the photo collage below). I decorated the surface with Indian folk motifs using Sharpie extra-fine oil makers. I like the way it turned out. All the other wood pieces further below are made of rosewood and inlaid with brass or pieces of animal bones.








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