The two bowls are made from rose quartz and yellow quartz stone sourced from Rajasthan. The bowls have been crafted by master artisan Shabbirhusen Ibrahimbhai Shaikh of Khambhat region, Gujarat. The region is famed for its practice of stone craft since generations and is also a leading hub for exports of stone products from India.
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"The uniqueness of this craft lies in the fact that the form of the product is scooped out from a block of stone, and then shaped and refined using basic hand tools generally without any lathe machines," said an official.
The hand-woven dhurrie is the work of the master weavers of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The dhurrie designs show the diversity of possibilities available; from a symmetrical repeating geometric tessellation in one, to stylistic floral motifs arranged around the classical medallion pattern in another.
The dhurries use two distinctive Indian colour palettes. While one uses Indigo blues, reds and sprinkles of turmeric yellows, the identifying colours that have marked Indian textiles for centuries, the other uses the muted earthy tones of the Indian landscape.
The Jodhpuri wooden chest is from Rajasthan and bears the traditional work popular in the region.
Stone bowls and dhurries were made under the design supervision of India’s premier design institute, the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
Further, the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is working towards the upliftment of the stone craft cluster of Khambhat by bringing in design and technological interventions.
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