Hand Painted Aipan Art Small plate Style 11 Kashmiri Hand Knotted Carpet Baked in sun and burnt

Baked in sun and burnt in mud kilns with dry eucalyptus leaves

and make-up artists to serve the queen and the realm

Glass is a unique material for the expression of art and craft

Kheta has largely remained elusive and undocumented

also known as Ikkat

Hand Painted Aipan Art Small plate Style 11 Kashmiri Hand Knotted Carpet Baked in sun and burntThis art has its unique identity as a hand painted beautification as a symbol of fortune and fertility. The art form is used to decorate floors and walls of the Puja room (place of worship) and entrance of homes and practiced by many communities of the region. The creation of Aipan involves several steps, starting with the preparation of the surface, which is usually cleaned and then coated with a mixture of geru (red ochre) to create a smooth and