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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Wood carving from Bijnor(UP)

Bijnor is a small town in the district of Saharanpur in north east part of Uttara Pradesh. This has historical wood carving craft tradition dating back to the Mughal period. During my visit to an craft exhibition I came across some craftsmen from Bijnor.
Here are some of the their woodwork:

carved comb
Combs made out of wood
 It is said that some of the carvers moved directly from Iran to Saharanpur and settled here. So we can see the influence of Persian designs in the wood carving.
carved comb
Combs made of wood
 Most of the district is covered with forests. So wood carving is widely practiced in the stat- Saharanpur, Nagina, Pilakhuwa, Bijnor, Aligarh, Bareily, Bulandshahr,Lucknow and Mathura.Nicely carved combs are their specialty.
carved comb
Framed carved combs
Now the wood carvers have extended their art, to meet the customers' requirement. Not only decorative items, they make many puzzles and games from wood.
woodwork puzzle
Many puzzles made of wood

woodwork puzzle
Puzzles and games
 When I checkd the price, these were not very expensive. One should have in woodwork collection.



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17 comments:

  1. JaneDecember 27, 2015 at 11:39 PM

    Lovely

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  2. Dr Sonia S VDecember 28, 2015 at 8:45 AM

    How beautiful Ranjana...I love wooden handicrafts and whenever we travel around India I cant resist making at least one purchase!

    Cheers
    Dr Sonia

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  3. Kokila guptaDecember 28, 2015 at 11:42 AM

    I totally adore wooden handicrafts in fact, any type of handicrafts!
    These pieces are absolutely wonderful ! Thanks for the share :)

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  4. Amit AgarwalDecember 28, 2015 at 11:49 AM

    Great tribute to those unnamed artisans who live in anonymity!

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    1. Ranjana's craft blogJanuary 1, 2016 at 2:11 PM

      Yes Amitji. Some artisans remain unnamed.
      Thank you for visiting my blog

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  5. CREATIVE KHADIJADecember 29, 2015 at 12:49 AM

    WOW, These are unique! how wonderfully they have done! Handcrafted items are simply the best :)

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  6. RajeshDecember 29, 2015 at 8:49 AM

    Beautiful and very artistic.

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  7. indu chhibberDecember 29, 2015 at 6:37 PM

    Nice info Ranjana,the wooden puzzles ought to be interesting.

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    1. Ranjana's craft blogJanuary 1, 2016 at 2:09 PM

      Yes in these wood works I too found them very interesting

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  8. डॉ. मोनिका शर्मा December 29, 2015 at 9:58 PM

    Lovely and artistic .....

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  9. UnknownJanuary 2, 2016 at 2:19 AM

    It must take so much concentration to fashion wood so minutely! Lovely pictures

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  10. UnknownJune 21, 2016 at 2:20 PM

    Dear Ranjana,
    Thanks for sharing such important information. Could you please tell from which part/place/village of bijnor these craftsman were? Do you have there contact details?
    Please do share with us.
    Prashant 8958500216
    pprashant00@gmail.com

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