Sanjhi compositions are crafted using an array of materials — flowers, leaves, coloured rocks, pebbles, paper, and powder — each adding layers of meaning to the visual narrative.

Fashioning paper into art: Reviving the ancient craft of Sanjhi New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) He started when he was just 11 and now, more than three decades later, Mohan Kumar Verma is one of the few ...

lace-like beauty of the art form. It is sandwiched between glass, combined with mirrors or highlighted with coloured paper to form an eclectic piece. Simplistically put, Sanjhi is a humble craft ...

The stencil art of Sanjhi has its roots in Indian folk culture and is associated with Vaishnav temple traditions. An exhibition in Mumbai throws light on it. As an eight-year-old, paper artist ...

Sanjhi is a traditional Indian art form of hand-cut designs on a single sheet of paper using a sharp knife or a pair of scissors. It is a tradition followed in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.

Paper-cutting is a modern avatar of traditional folk art called “Sanjhi,” the art of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. It is the art of designing paper cuts by hand. Traditionally, these stencils were ...

We grow old with books.” Explaining about Sanjhi paper cuttings, the artiste Ram Soni hailing from Rajasthan said that the art demands an immense amount of patience and dedication. Ram ...

Sanjhi, a long-established stencil art, is seeing a resurgence, says Debasrita Chakraborty The stylised depiction of a fully-leafed Kachnar tree, which is made by cutting small pieces of paper ...

Sanjhi, the art of hand-cutting designs on paper, is a typical art form of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, the home of Lord Krishna. Traditionally motifs from Lord Krishna's stories are created in stencils.

Sanjhi compositions are crafted using an array of materials — flowers, leaves, coloured rocks, pebbles, paper, and powder — each adding layers of meaning to the visual narrative. Rajesh ...

The result was "Sanjhi Revisited: A splendid exhibition of a unique paper art", a showcasing of multi-coloured paper cuttings crafted to depict Mughal architecture, temples and the ghats of Mathura.