Wood Carving Artist
mohammad tahir
Delhi
Block Making has been an ancestral practice for Tahir’s family with his great grandfather being one of the prominent block makers dating 70 years back. According to Tahir, his great grandfather worked along with the Saadh community, working with Fancy dyeing and printing company known for making blocks for the Britishers and for European export. Originally standard 6×6 blocks were made and exported. The craft has been carried on by his father and him throughout these years diversifying blocks not only for use but also for decorational purpose. Small motifs and booties in blocks were carved by his father for commercial sale to students,designers and individuals from all fields to have access to this traditional craft.
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Craft & Experience Block Making was a lucrative craft in the olden days and has been the traditional work of the family for generation. It can be traced back to 1768AD. The blocks are made of Sheesham and are intricately carved. They are of all sizes, ranging from big butis to small floral or check motif. The carving designs include : Nasarjangi, Pachambara, Baghdadi, Jamavar, Lucknowi, Muradabadi, Bhootnath, Kalamkari, Persian, Mughal, Ajanta, Dhaka, etc.
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Naveen Soni & Mohan Prajapati
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This is a unique collaboration between diverse traditional artists – a block maker seeking to rewrite his technique with two miniature artists who are his peers. Tahir carries a rich legacy of block making through his family which has received many national awards. Here he has been inspired by an initiative of Mala Dhawan of 100 Hands to combine two or three crafts to make something completely new. All the three artists have been young innovators in their own right – reinventing their inherited art in various ways. In this collaboration, they came together to create new elements that can be used as decor, in architectural components and can be adapted in different applications. While Tahir makes the blocks inspired by the miniature art themes, Naveen and Mohan paint over them in their signature styles, creating surprise, wonder and dimensionality.
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