Premium Multi-purpose Wooden Desk Organizer & Mobile/Pen Holder Stand for Home/Office
Get your desk items arranged in decent order with this wooden multi functional pen stand.
Keep Office Desk Tidy and Clutter-Free and Prevent Items from Mixing with Each Other.
You can use to keep products like Books, Folders, Notepads, Pens, Pencils, Papers, Glue, Stapler, Paper Clips etc. The drawer enables to keep small items.
6 Compartments wooden Pen Stand body with rich brown polish gives a sophisticated decor to your work desk.
Package Includes : 1 X Wooden Pen Stand (Brown)
Indian Wood Inlay / Marquetry is the process of decorating the surface of wood by setting in pieces of material such as ivory (traditionally), bone, plastic, shell or wood of different colours. Products with inlay include doors, jewellery boxes, plates, boxes, bowls, cigarette cases, and figures of animals, especially elephants. This craft form was brought to India from Persia in the 18th century. Mysore is home to heritage structures beautifully adorned using wood carvings with inlay work. Royal Indian processions, landscapes, pictures of Gods and Goddesses, scenes from the Mahabharata and Ramayana are depicted using shade effects in this craft.
Main clusters: The craft is concentrated in Mysore and Bengaluru in Karnataka.
Other places where this craft is practiced are Bijnor, Punjab, Saharanpur, and Uttar Pradesh.
Artisans involved: As reported in 2005, the craft involved over 2,000 artisans in
Mysore cluster61.
Raw material used: Maadi, lac, champa, yellow fanas, dark red rosewood along with
Plastic and bone, is used for inlay work62. Rosewood is sourced
From auctions at Kushanagar, Tithimathi and Dandeli. Fibre boards are also used to cut down on the cost. Different color woods like white cedar, chill pine, rubber wood, red sandal, jackfruit wood etc. are used to add multiple colours to the art piece. A mixture of wax and charcoal is used to fill fine details.
Wooden furniture is the biggest component of the Indian furniture market, accounting for about 65% of the total furniture manufactured in India.
Main clusters:
Although, wooden furniture manufacturing activity is spread across India. Main centres are Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Surat, and Vadodara in Gujarat, Srinagar in J&K, Jalandhar in Punjab, Sikar in Rajasthan, Cooch Bihar in West Bengal, Bareilly and Ghaziabad in UP
About 300,000 people are employed in the Indian furniture industry.
Wood is the main raw material. Various types of woods are used with popular ones being Walnut, Sandalwood, Teak, Sheesham, Mango, Deodar, Ebony, Redwood, Rosewood, Red Cedar, and Sal. Teak account for 50% of the wooden furniture. Other materials used are adhesives, nails, and finishing materials such as stains, basecoats, glazers, and enamels.
Tools used include hand saw, hand planer, sand paper, hammer, nails, hand drill, chisel, brush, etc.
In Jodhpur64, manufacturing wooden furniture involves the following processes:
Procurement
Wood is procured in the form of planks of 4.5 inch width and 3-6 feet length
Indian artisans are skilled in making cut, shaped, and polished beautiful objects from odd blocks of stone and marble. One of the
Most attractive work of art that comes from various stones is stone inlay work. Marble inlay is one such exquisite art, which is integral part of the cultural heritage of India.
Stone inlay can be broadly divided in three categories:
Fine inlay â?? This type of inlay is supremely intricate and involves minimal use of machinery. The skill of the craftsmen is rightly put to test in such type of inlay.
Medium inlay â?? This is a little bigger than the fine inlay and
Hence can involve some use of machinery. The designs of this inlay are not very small and the pieces to be inlayed can be of bigger sizes.
Monumental inlay â?? This is the largest type of inlay work and is not practiced in India currently Italy being the hub of this craft.
Main clusters: Rajasthan is known for the inlay on table tops, flooring, and wall
Decorative. In Jodhpur, inlay is done on yellow Jaisalmer stone. Agra is famous for Parachinar work which is a very minute and precise inlay work.
