Wooden Handicraft

“Handicraft”, as the name suggests, is the traditional art of creating useful and decorative items entirely by hand. Thus, wooden handicraft is a craft where skilled labor is employed to decorate or carve wood to create items with bare minimum tools.

India takes the pride of superlative craftsmanship which reflects the right shades of traditional beauty and style. Important to mention here is the fact that goods involving mass production or machinery are not considered as “Handicraft”

Wooden Handicrafts of India

You will find carved and inlaid wooden items, wood lacquering work, wooden sculptures & statues and many other types of wooden handicrafts in India. Carved wood furniture of Northern India is famous for its incomparable craftsmanship. Other states too have developed distinct styles of wood carvings.

Rajasthan is also noted for its carved sandalwood and rosewood apart from the heavy ornamental furniture. If you can not take back heavy furniture, you will find all types of other wooden handicrafts like toys, cigar boxes, mirror frames, pen holders and many other wood craft items in India. If interested in them, know more about State wise wooden handicrafts of India.