Handmade in India

PATUA KAAM - JEWELLERY STRINGING WORK
ORNAMENTS AND JEWELLERY have been indispensable to
Indian costume since centuries.Gold and silver ornaments have
strings made from a certain variety of yarns,containing beads and
smaller metal units which are frequently separated from each other
by a yarn ball or metal beads.Beads and metal units are often strung
on cord or a supple braided wire.Yarn is manipulated by
twisting,braided,plaiting,wrapping,knotting,netting and by making
tassels.The craftsmen,who are called Patua,use very simple tools and
practice this craft from the jewellery bazaars.
A Traditional necklace and a mangalsutra,necklace
worn as a sign of marriage.
Production Cluster
Mumbai district:
Mumbai city:
Jhaveri Bazaar
Dharavi
Products
Pyjiama cords
Waist belts
Loops
Round yarn buttons
Animal ornaments
Knotted strings
Beads or metal units
Braid ornaments
Tassels
Pompoms
Tools
Metal ornament
Cleaner
Gold Plater
Natai-drum
Charkhi-wooden reel
Iron hook
Kaatar-scissor
Knife
Large needle
1. A bead worked jewellery piece.
2. Bangles embellished with patua beadwork.
3. Detail of tassels made by the Patua.
STRINGING OF FLOWERS
FLOWER STRINGING IS NOT
considered a craft although it
requires special dexterity to
wrap yarn around the delicate
stems of jasmine flowers in
rapid succession.It is a craft in
which fresh flowers,probably
the oldest materials used in
India,are modelled into various
accessories for personal
adornment and for appeasing the
gods.
Temple deities are garlanded everyday with fresh
flowers,while during weddings the bride and groom are
decked with garlands,symbolizing good luck.Flowers are
threaded on a cotton string with a needle or held by a
knot.Garlands can be of single kind of flowere,or a
combination of different kinds,usually of contrasting
colours,or different sizes.Flowers found in the immediate
environment,or a some cultivated for their beauty like
marigold ,champak,lotus,jasmine and rose are made into
garlands and wreaths since all flowers are not suited for
making into garlands.
Inset A necklace of tagar buds and yellow flowers.
1. Rose petals and tagar buds arranged as hair adornment.
2. A garland of rajnigandha,rose patels,marigold and marva
leaves.
3. A gajara,garland,of mogara flowers.
4. An anklet strung with tagar buds and yellow flowers.
5. Tagar buds strung in a circular form and worn around the
hair bun.
Production Clusters
Mumbai district:
Mumbai city
Products
Garlands
Ornaments
Gajra-hair adornment
Torans
Tools
Needle
Thread