Stepping into the courtyard of Erxat Ibrayim’s walnut wood processing workshop in Bageqi town, a group of Uygur women sit at a long table polishing freshly carved walnut wood bowls that give off a ...

Join our Whatsapp channel Once home to Kashmiri wood carvers, the trend for such wood art is declining in the city. Kashmiri wood art was loved by Rajas and Maharajas, and later on, by the British.

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s capital, Srinagar City, is counted among the most creative cities in the world, and the artisans of the valley have been working day and night to keep its art and craft ...

A man works in a Walnut wood carving factory in Jammu, the winter capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Dec. 11, 2020 (Str/Xinhua) A man works in a Walnut wood carving factory in Jammu, the winter ...

As darkness settles on a cold January evening, seven members of the Kosciusko County Woodcarvers Club make their way into the ...

I come from an ordinary farming family. Most of the agricultural land in our village has become barren due to attacks by wild animals. I used to sing chabeeli (the creative interludes and additions to ...

Butternut (Juglans cinera) is a tree that is more valuable for its sweet oily tasting nuts than for its lumber. In fact, the genus name “juglans” means “nut of Jupiter.” The nuts are oval shaped ...

In Kashmir, traditional wood-carved windows, doors and cupboards are once again both markers of wealth and great for insulation. (Photo credit: Imad clicks via Pexels) Nestled in the mighty Himalayas, ...

Two prominent crafts, on display at the ‘Dastkari Mela’ reflect the shifting dynamics of the country’s ever evolving craft scenario. While the walnut craft of Kashmir, brought to the state by Badshah ...

Ghulam Nabi Dar, from Srinagar, started carving wood pieces at the age of 10 after quitting school due to dire circumstances. He first started working for a local wood carving artisan, Abdul Razzaq ...