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The art of stone carving has remained an important occupation. Sculptore have survedthe community by making objects of worship, utility and decoration. Artisans hailingfrom Shivarpatna and Devanahalli who have settled down in Bangalore have contributedmuch to to keeping the craft alive. Special mention may be made of S.N.Gangadhara

Achary who has won National Award for t he art of stone c arving.

The art of bronze casting has roots on gremat antquity. The technique has passedthrough various stages of development.. Bangalore in the past few decades hasbecome an important centre for this crafts.G. Bhashyam Sthapathy, K.Rangaswamy,N.G. Neelakantachar, M.V.Lakshmanan to mention a few have won National recognitionfor their avhievements in this area of bronze casting.

Weaving as a craft has existed in India from very early times. By late medieval times,weaving, particularly the art of silk weaving developed in the peripheral regions ofBangalore. Encouraged by the marketing facilities in the matropolis many weaverssettled down in Bangalore. Many varieties of materials in silk, cotton, polycot and otherswere woven for local as well as for maketing outside the state. Craftspersons introducedfascinating designs and capture the market. B.Subramanyalu specialised in producingsilk brocade saries which became very popular amongthe users. T.S.Balaram andChinnaswamy worked essentially on design weaving. Anita Choudapurkar popularisedthe Kasuti or the embroidedred saris.

Though painting itself was an art of great antiquity, traditional style of painting gainedpopularity aroung 1700. Gradually it branched off into two styles namely Tanjore andMysore. Late Y.Subramanya Raju of Mysore who had migrated to Bangalore popularisedMysore Traditional Painting. Prabha Mallesh followed this tradition and produced a largenumber of paintings in this style.

Crafting terracotta jewellery has become an important handicraft in recent times. BinduMathai has made a great name in the crafting of terracotta jewellery in Bangalore. Allthese craftspersons are among those who have won National

Awards, for t he achievements in their respective areas of work.Another way of recognising the talent and sk ills of the craftspersons in various types ofactivities is by awarding them Certificate of Merit. Among the holders of National MeritCertificate are T.Shivaihchar for bronze casting,Prbha Mallesh for Mysore TraditionalPainting, Sudha Vekatesh for Ganjifa Craft and others.

State Government also has instituted both State Awards and Certificate of Merit, torecognise the artistic skill and craftsmanship of Karnataka artisans. Bangalore cityalone has as many as 25 recipients of State Awards. There are among them, bronzecasters, wood and sandal wood carvers, sculptors, painters specialsing in traditionalstyle, crafting ganjifa cards, craftsman specialising in sheet metal embossing and thoseinvoled in the art of embroidery.

There are about 18 craftspersons who have been awarded State level Certificate ofMerit for bronze casting, Mysore Traditional Painting,manufacturing of musicalinstruments, sandalwood carving, sculpture, sheet metal embossing, ganjifa andembroidery.

Largest number of awards given to artisans however are Kamaladevi ChattopadhyayasVisvakarma Award instituted by Crafts Council of Karnataka. Apart from traditionallyrecognised handicrafts such as wood and stone carving, bronze casting, sheet metalembossing and traditional painting a large number of other crafts have been identified forawards. These include kinhal art, block printing, batik painting, metal casting, artistic

jewellery, bead jewellery, terracotta jewellry,, micro paintng on rice, lacquer ware, leatherwork, cultured marble articles, kasuti, embroidery, handmade wax candle, glazedpottery,, silk saree weaving, making stuffed and wire dolls,, soft toys, cloth patchwork,

wall hangings, making of jute bags, palm leaf baskets, cut out toys and traditional rod &string puppets.

There are also a large number of other artist and artisans who have contributedsignificantly to the development handicraft tradition in Bangalore.

Author

Dr.Tara Kashyapis an art historian having a Doctoral degree in Ancient Indian historyand culture from Bombay University. she also holds a diploma in Indology. While workingin the Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai she had ample opportunities to research onvarious aspects of arts and write on related topics.She has several research and populararticles to her credit.She has worked as an Academic Associate in Encyclopedia of Hinduism, a project jointly sponsored by Columbia university, US and India HeritageResearch Foundation, Rishikesh.She is currently a visiting faculty at Chitrakala instituteof Advanced Studies, Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore and Director of Poorvaranga,Museum of performing Arts at Shankara Foundation, Bangalore.

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