Multani Art & Craf
There are 18 different Craftsmen & Women in the market. Now let us get some information about their art or Craft Entering the hall, there is a shop of Multani Embroidery where Rasheeda Begum is present her family has been associated with the embroidery of Multan for three generation. Women in [...]
Crafts & handicrafts of Pakistan
Handicrafts reflect the culture, tradition and aesthetics of the artisans who create them. It draws a line between a thing that is skillfully hand made to what is mass produced, and therefore grabs the attention to the skill and endeavors of the craftsman him/herself. The actual beauty of a piece of [...]
Art of Naqashi and Work on Camel Skin.
Near about 900 years ago a Rajpute family of Multan was impressed by the teachings and preaching of Hazrat Bahau Din Zakaria (R.A) and embraced Islam. That famous family of the time was having relations with fine arts and handicrafts. In these handicrafts were the prepration of things from camel skin [...]
Handicrafts Pakistan (Multan)
Historical City Multan
Multan is a historical city.it is in Punjab Pakistan. Multan is not only a historical city but its also a city of ancient civilization like Indus valley Harappa and Moenjo daro,it is the oldest city in Indo-Pak sub continent.
Camel Skin Lamp
The camel skin lamp is a very important handicraft item of Multan city, [...]
Threads of experience – Tradational crafts from Pakistan to rochdale
Local people learnt traditional Pakistani arts and crafts techniques. Photo courtesy Touchstones
A Rochdale-based artist has been teaching local people the traditional arts and craft techniques of Pakistan to create a new exhibition.
Shaista Nazir, a trained textile artist, visited Pakistan to research the techniques used there to create a wide range of [...]
