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Indian and Islamic Craft Traditions

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Raw material for marbling: minerals that are ground for pigment

Tags: Fibers, Materials, Preparation

Rametta inner bast fiber once used to make paper in the Deccan

Hands remove outer chaff to reveal the strong inner fibers used for papermaking

Rameta (marathi) a bast fiber tree/plant indigenous to the Deccan, thymeleaceae family, lasiosiphon species, used locally for papermaking, growing alongside ruins of papermaking hut.

Tags: Fibers, Materials, Preparation

Ram Perkiash with statues made of molded recycled paper

Tags: Artisans, Paper Creations

Ram Perkiash with molded statue made from fermented, recycled pulp.

Tags: Fibers, Materials, Paper Creations, Preparation

Ram Perkiash foot stamping pulp in pit

Tags: Fibers, Materials, Preparation

Ram Perkiash fermenting recycled paper

Tags: Fibers, Materials, Preparation

Raised platform chabutra

Chabutras, drying platforms

Rahumudin Kagzi stirs pulp in pit working from a standing position in a parallel pit.

Tags: Sheetmaking

Rahumudin Kagzi stirs pulp in pit

Tags: Sheetmaking

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