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 ...

The sanjhi paper-cuts, sold mostly as decorative objects, are elegantly executed but essentially dissociated from sacred use The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on ...

Coimbatore 01/03/2012. A demonstration of ' Sanjhi', the art of cutting designs on paper, at a workshop organised by the Crafts Council of Tamil Nadu, in Coimbatore, on Thursday.

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.

Pooja Ajmera, founder of Teekhii Chhurii, realized her passion for paper cutting accidentally. She has completed MBA & after working for a year, soon realized that corporate job was boring and not ...

Today, paper stencils are used to make ... performed,” says Ramachandran. The appeal of sanjhi lies in the precision with which artisans cut intricate stencils, coupled with the painter ...

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 ...

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 ...

Obviously, I couldn’t cut the yarn for fear of being scolded by my mother.” A research project led him to study the 14th century Sanjhi paper cutting and other styles. Rekha Sambram is about ...

Our first brush with Sanjhi happened 30 years ago when DCC gave a fresh perspective to this ancient art form. It has been a process of revival since then," she said. (PTI) ...