Handmade in India

Production Clusters
Blown glass &
bangle
Firazabad district:
Firozabad
Etah district:
Jalesar
Beads:
Agra district:
Agra
Aligarh district:
Purdil Nagar
Firozabad district:
Glass bangle stall in Lucknow
GLASS WORK
GLASS CAME to India with the
invaders from the Islamic
world.Firozabad met the royal
demand for jhad and fanus (types
fo chandeliers),and produced vials
for perfumes.
Today,traditional bangles and newer products like glass
toys are handmade in the streets of Firozabad.Blowing is a
special operation and is limited to the
karkhanas,workshops.Blowing allows for the creation of an
endless variety of hollow objects.In case of mould
blowing,great skill is necessary to make the glass take the
shape and patterns while maintaining uniform thickness on
all sides.Bangle making is to a great extent a cottage
industry.The craftsman draws and winds molten glass into
a tight spiral around the mandrel.The glass springs are then
cut and aligned into bangles and patterned with
nicks.Women working form their homes complete the
ornamentation with gold paint.Glass toys are made in Agra
and Firozabad.The Craftsman manipulates a glass rod over
a flame by twisting,drawing and fusing glass into tiny bird
and animal forms up to 5 cm in size.To make glass
beads,wires drawn from a molten glass rod are wound
around an iron spike,rolled,and melted over a small
burner.To release the beads the spike is dipped in
water.Tiny beads are shaped by hand on the spike.
Glass vase from Firozabad
Inset A closed form obtained
by blowing.Two different
coloured opaque glass is
blown,fused with clear glass
and blown again.Mouth and
base are groung and polished
for an even surface.
1. Glass thread spun
around a bubble
formed blown glass.
2. Sandblasted blown
glass dish.
3. A sandblasted blown
glass closed form.
A mould-blown hanging
lamp.
Firozabad
Etah district:
Jalesar
Varanasi district:
Varanasi
Toys:
Agra district:
Agra
Firozabad district:
Firozabad
Products
Vases
Crockery
Jugs
Chandleliers
Lamps
Beads, Bangles
Tools
Blowing rod
Iron moulds
Furnace
Wooden scoops
Shears
Tongs,Burner
Diamond cutters
SANJHI-PAPER STENCILS
THE SANJHI OF Mathura is a ritual
craft in which paper stencils of
scenes from Lord Krishna`s life are
cut freehand using scissors or a
blade.The delicate sanjhi is often
just held together by thin strands of
paper.The stencils are used to create
rangolis,powder transfer,on the
ground and on water.These days the
craftsmen are applying their skill to
cut tiny bindis,stickers worns on the
forehead,and secular images for the
tourists.
Sanjhis are originally images of Sanjhi Devi made in relief on
a mud wall using fresh flowers,coloured stones,foil and
mirrors.Sanjhis are still made throughout the plains of North
India.Mathura;s Sanjhis,however,have become delicate
Radha,the consort of Lord Krishna.
Production Clusters
Mathura district
Mathura:
Kanskar Bazaar
Vrindavan City:
Shri Madan
Mohanji`s Temple
Products
Stencils
Bindis-stickers
Cards
Tools
Scissors
Pins