Kantha is a particular type of embroidery on cloth which is popular in Bangladesh and West Bengal. Kantha is often seen saris but this technique of a decorative running stitch was also used to sew together layer upon layer old saris … Continued »
Kumor potters (Kumortulli is a mid eighteenth century settlement in West Bengal where potters came from nearby villages) made the figures with clay which are then filled with colour by patua painters. First the image is coated with lime or chalk and … Continued »
A watercolour is the medium or the resulting artwork, in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water soluble vehicle. The traditional and most common support for watercolour paintings is paper and within the collection we find them in Jain … Continued »
The CIVIC archive offers a selection of photographic images. They are either products of the photographic process or reproductions of the same. The original photographs in this collection are recent digital documentations of popular visual cultural events, objects and places … Continued »
Cloth Printing (kalamkari) WOODBLOCK PRINTING The history of woodblocks in India predates that of printing. Both are products of travel and transference. Even with the coming of industry to the subcontinent this pre-modern technique of preparing relief along the grain … Continued »