List of Illustrations:

PLATES

Metal Ware

1. Mould Making and Casting – Bidri Art Ware

2. Engraving – Bidri Art Ware
3. Inlaying / Bithana – Bidri Art Ware
4. Inlaying / Bithana – Bidri Art Ware
5. Finished Articles, Flower Vases – Bidri Art Ware
6. Finished Articles, Tray and Bowl – Bidri Art Ware
7. Finished Articles, Hanging Peacocks and Bells – Dokra Metal Castings
8. Finished Articles, Home Decoratives – Dokra Metal Castings
9. Finished Article, The Nandi – Dokra Metal Castings
10. Finished Article, The Drummer – Dokra Metal Castings
11. Finished Article, The Music Instrument – Dokra Metal Castings
12. Embosing of Sheet – Sheet Metal Ware
13. Engraving of Sheet – Sheet Metal Ware
14. Finished Articles, Plant Pots, Water Pots and Vases – Sheet Metal Ware
15. Twisting and Drawing of Silver Wire through the Gauge – Silver Filigree
16. Shaping and Filing the silver wire in design of the article – Silver Filigree
17. Fixing of Outer frame of the Article – Silver Filigree
18. Finished Articles, Household – Silver Filigree
19. Finished Article, Peacock – Silver Filigree
20. Finished Article, Tray – Silver Filigree

Carvings ( Wood and Stone )

21. Chiselling of the Wooden Figure – Wood Carvings

22. Chiselling of the Wooden Panel – Wood Carvings
23. Finishing of the Wooden Article with Sand Paper – Wood Carvings
24. Finished Article, Krishna – Wood Carvings
25. Finished Articles, Hanuman, Laxmana, Rama, Sita, Krishna & Lord Ganesa – Wood
Carvings
26. Finished Article, Carved Wooden Panel – Wood Carvings
27. Drawing of the Figure on Stone – Stone Carvings
28. Chiselling and Carving of the Figure on Stone – Stone Carvings
29. Smoothing of the Figure on Stone – Stone Carvings
30. Finished Articles, Saraswati, Lord Buddha, Vishnu & Trimurti – Stone Carvings

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 Toys and Dolls

31. Raw Material, Poniki Wood – Nirmal Toys

32. Cutting of the Poniki Wood – Nirmal Toys
33. Chiselling of the Poniki Wood for required Shape of the Toy – Nirmal Toys
34. Nailed and togethered toy – Nirmal Toys
35. Unfinished Rough shape of the Toy – Niramal Toys
36. Perfect shaped toy – Nirmal Toy
37. Coloring of the Toy – Nirmal Toy
38. The complete Toy – Nirmal Toy
39. Some of the Toys, Birds – Nirmal Toys
40. Lacquering of toy on lathe – Etikoppaka Toys
41. Final Finishing of the toy – Etikoppaka Toys
42. Finished toys, Children toys – Etikoppaka Toys
43. Finished toy, Household items – Etikoppaka Toys
44. Chiselling of the toy – Kondapally Toys
45. Final shaping of different toys – Kondapally Toys
46. Colouring of the toys – Kondapally Toys
47. Finished toy, Ganesha – Kondapally Toys
48. Finished toy, Ambari – Kondapally Toys
49. Finsihed toys, Dasavatara, Hanuman & Garuda – Kondapally Toys

Traditional Paintings

50. Drawing of the outline design in black with charcoal on cloth – Kalamkari Painting
51. Drawing of the final lines with Kasam (Black solution) with Kalam on cloth – Kalamkari
Painting
52. Final colouring of the painting with required colours on cloth – Kalamkari Painting
53. Finished Kalamkari paintings on cloth – Kalamkari Paintings
54. Making of the required wooden block for Kalamkari printing – Kalamkari Block Printing
55. Printing of the design on the cloth with wooden block – Kalamkari Block Painting
56. The finished designed cloth in Kalamkari block printing – Kalamkari Block Painting
57. Sketching & Painting of Nirmal Figure – Nirmal Painting
58. The figures painted in nirmal painting – Nirmal Painting
59. Sketching of the Cheriyal Scroll Figures on cloth – Cheriyal Scroll Paintings
60. Applying of the colours to the Cheriyal Scroll Figures on cloth – Cheriyal Scroll Paintings
61. The finished Cheriyal Scroll Paintings on cloth – Cheriyal Scroll Paintings

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 Leather Puppets

62. Leather Shadow Puppet Figures – Leather Puppets

63. Leather Shadow Puppetry show with figures – Leather Puppets

Tie & Dye

64. Tieing of the threads – Tie & Dye

65. Weaving the Tie & Dyed cloth – Tie & Dye
66. Finsihed designed Tie & Dyed clothes – Tie & Dye

Carpet Weaving

67. Spindling and Twining of the Wool – Carpet Weaving

68. Binding of the woolen threads together – Carpet Weaving
69. Weaving of the carpets by knotting the pile – Carpet Weaving
70. Finsihed & Woven different designed carpets – Carpet Weaving

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