An Unfinished Shawl

An Unfinished Shawl

[ad_1] A master craftsman died within months after a British organisation was awarded for the intricate design he displayed at an exhibition. Years later, his elder brother decided to pick the complicated art of his brother and finished the job six years later. The very expensive shawl, however, is not on sale and is being…

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Kashmir’s Naqashi Printers

[ad_1] Even though modernity has overtaken the traditional arts associated with handicrafts, some specialities survived the onslaught. Mir Suneem reports the maze where a neglected art form is battling for survival Ghulam Nabi Wani, an aged Naqash artists working on wood in a dim-lit workshop at his Safa Kadal residence in Srinagar. KL Image Mir…

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