wood carving

Products made of various types of wood such as door panels, figures of gods & goddesses, replicas of famous windows, imitations of temples monuments and many decorative utility articles, with hand carving.Nepal is one of the popular country in wood carving .

The art of wood carving has been the pride of Nepal for many centuries. Woodwork has been part of traditional architecture of Nepal and wood carvings have graced monasteries, temples, palaces and residential homes since the twelfth century, although the earliest surviving dated temple decorated with wood carving, the Indresvara Mahadeva temple in Panauti near Banepa, bears the date 1396. Another one of such wooden monument, a traditional architectural site named Kasthamandapa a wooden mansion near Hanuman Dhoka, Kathmandu, still stands. There is no evidence regarding its built period but is believed before 1143 as a shelter for travelers in the trade route. The legend also says that, this Kasthamandapa was built out of a single timber. In fact, the history of woodcarving in Nepal is older than that. There is no physical evidence or any physical monuments but in many documentaries there is mention of Licchavi period (300-879 AD) and woodwork in that period. A Chinese traveler Wang Hsuan Tsang (643 AD), who has described Licchavi kingdom in his travel log, has clearly mentioned the beautiful woodcrafts, wood sculptures, and decorations used by the Licchavis. While earlier woodcarvings have been described in travelogues, samples have not survived the elements.

CLASSIFICATION OF METAL CRAFTS

Metal Crafts can be Classified Into:-

1. Metal Statues: - Icon based on Buddhism and Hinduism and made of copper, bronze, silver and gold as basic raw materials with chisel works.

2.     Metal Filigree: - Decorative particulars such as animals, birds, boxes made of brass, cropper and white metal with wire works and studded with stones.

3. Metal Utensils:- Utensils, garden articles, tools and weapons made through hammering and casting, such as flower vase, singing bowl , wine jars and so on.

Introduction

1.1 INTRODUCTION OF HANDICRAFT:

A product only used by human hands with out using any kind of machinery or equipment is called handicraft. Generally the handicraft means art or skill of the hands. It is the practice of making decorative of functional objective fully or partly by hand an enquiringly both manual and artistic skill.

Handicraft is the method of doing or construction an object or device usually by hand and with native materials. A term that seems to combine arts and crafts. The term generally implies the use of the hands in creating some work of art or supplying some need, such as table or chair while out camping. Handicrafts are not usually dined with machines but rather with hand tools, which at times may even be made them by hand.

“According to the definition formulated by UNCTAD,” The term hand made article reflects to the article or the group of articles, which is being produced mainly with the helps of these tools or instruments, which are used by the artist and in making the handicrafts goods which are of simple kind and which are used by the help of artist and hand or feet, can be called handicraft.

Thus, we can say that handicrafts are an occupation that involves making usable or decorative products by hand.