Art And Craft Of Pakistan

Art is a collective term used to signify cultural as well as historic traditions that signify a specific civilization. Traditional art of Pakistan can be assuming the single richest phenomenon that distinguishes different aspects of a culture from each other, and also prevalent elsewhere in the world. Crafts & handicrafts of reflect the artisans who create culture, tradition and aesthetics things. It shows the importance of both things skillfully handmade and other art endeavors of the craftsperson. There are many things which show the traditional art like

• Blue Pottery
• Carpets
• Earthen Pots
• Glazed Tiles
• Ajrak
• Cotton Grament
• Camel Lamp
• Khussa
• Peshawari Chappal
• Wood Craving

Blue Pottery:

Pottery is an art in which pots, bowls, vases and cups are made by firing, and but using with or without glaze. It is one of the traditional art of Pakistan and its greatest advantage is that blue pottery does not develop any cracks. The blue pottery is also unable to affected, hygienic, and suitable for daily use.

Carpets

Carpet is one of the biggest handicraft industry in Pakistan. The carpets can be import to other countries and cause for a large part of foreign exchange earnings. Other Muslims countries like artisans who create them are impressed the art of carpet weaving in Pakistan. The demand or carpets are making increasing day by day. The raw materials include silk, wool and synthetic fiber are used in making carpets. Pakistan exports 90% of the hand knotted carpets around the world.

Earthen Pots (Matkas):

The people in Pakistan are famous to making earthen pots (Matkas) on the pattern of their predecessors. The earthen pots are the traditional art of Pakistan. People living in the villages of Pakistan use earthen pot (Matka) to store water at homes. The kinds of handmade items based on earthenware found in this region are very unique and it’s not available in other part of the world.

Glazed Tiles:

It is very famous hand-made art of Pakistan is the glazed tile. The Nasarpur, Hala and Multan are the main centres of Pakistan. The design work on tiles is known as Kashi. Kashi is a name that is driven from the city of Kashan in Iran, which is a popular for the production of glazed tiles. These tiles are used in the exterior decoration of mosques and different purposes

Ajrak:

About 5000 years ago the traditional ajrak design itself. Ajrak is the recognition sign of Sindh and Sindhi people. It is symbol of pride for men as turban glory for women as Dupatta . People from Sindh also present this beautiful craft as a gift. Ajrak can be used as unique style in every country.

Cotton Garments:

Cotton fabric is a traditional art of Pakistan that it is breathable. It is best garment for workout because cotton absorbs sweat.  The advantage of using cotton fabric will keep you away from the sweat trap. Pakistan is the land of silver fiber as the most old samples of cotton and cotton clothes are found in this region. Khaddar is also prepared from cotton fiber, is very popular for daily wear.

Camel Lamps:

Multan is famous of crafting of camel skin lamps. There are hundreds and thousands of families living in Multan and processed of making these lamps using the skin of camels needs so much specification. The city of Multan is getting popularity all over the world for this handicraft. The lamps made from camel hide look exceptionally beautiful when illuminated at night. The city of Multan is famous all over the world for this handicraft.

Khussa

Khussa is the most famous hand-crafted products consisting traditional art of Pakistan. Khussa was initially introduced in the villages of Punjab. It is a type of shoe that quickly gained popularity from the beginning till yet. This fashion of rural Punjab was adopted by many famous cities including Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad etc.

Peshawari Chappal:

Peshawar is the oldest city in Pakistan. It is the great hub of peshawari chappals in various shapes and design. It is one of the most durable Pakistani products, Peshawari Chappal is worn men of Pakistan. The reason behind the popularity of Peshawari Chappal is, it can be wear with national dress shalwar and kameez, which is the national symbols of Pakistan

Wood Carving:

Pakistan is blessed with thick, dense forests in northern areas. These forests are filled with various kinds of particular of wood like Hardwood, Deodar, Walnut tree wood and softwood. Craftsmen use the art of wood carving for making artistry things. According to traditional art of Pakistan has export of handmade wood furniture and producing fantastic masterpieces from decades. Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Lahore and Karachi are having biggest wood markets.