artwork from Gujarat

Rogan painting: Keeping a dying art form alive

Rogan painting: Keeping a dying art form alive

September 26, 2021

Rogan artwork is traditionally designed on bridal wear and wedding fabrics using rich bright natural colours without using any drawing brush. The Rogan fabric paintings are produced through an arduous process. The term Rogan means “oil-based” in Persian. First, castor oil is ...

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Guarding the artwork from Kutch

Guarding the artwork from Kutch

December 27, 2016

This art preservation centre is working towards conserving and propagating artwork from India’s largest district, Kutch. Referred to as Kutchi work, the distinctive thread and mirror work is unique to this part of India but is slowly loosening its ends to other places.

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