Welcome to Ghazipur Handicrafts

showcasing the varied crafts of Ghazipur

India is recognized as one of the most diverse nations in the world and also as one of the most artistically rich. This combination of diversity and skill has produced some breathtaking creations. Every region of India has a unique style of creative expressions. Indians have always been fond of adorning the walls of their home. Decorative Wall Paintings have been created since the time of primitive man. At the same time wall art that is not created directly on the wall, but that adorns the room in the form of Wall Hangings, has also gained immense popularity.

"Wall Hangings" is one of the unique Handicraft product, transformed from best combination of golden fiber jute yarn & fabric. Propr display of this product provides aesthetic pleasure & can certainly change the decor of your drawing room, offices, commercial-hall, hotel-room, meeting hall etc. Jute fiber used as as basic material is a natural gift of mankind, which is biodegradable, non-toxic & environmental friendly.

This valuable product is being manufactured in District Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh since last 50 years, in about 60 villages, providing bread and & butter to approx. 4000 poor craftsmen. Constant efforts are being made by District Rural Development Agency, Ghazipur, U.P. with the help of self help groups of Sawaran Jayanti Gram Sawa Rojgar Yojna & NGOs to create some thing new every time to meet the demand of ever changing domestic & export market. This jute product is not only good but is utilitarian & affortable to common man with products in price-range of Rs.250.00 to Rs. 1000.00.

Craftsmen engaged in this job are being trained for skill up-gradataion by organizing design & technology development work shops. Our approach is to create awareness in domestic and export markets for the products of these craftsmen, avoiding intermediaries & their exploitations, facilitating them to manufacture and market this compettitive product for new generation, by adopting modern techniques.

The District Magistrate of Ghazipur Mrs Ritu Maheshwari, I.A.S. has done great efforts to highlight this work of poor craftsmen by providing them name, fame & also enhancing sale of their products.

Bleaching of the yarn:

Raw jute of original jute colour is treated by chemicals (hydrogen and silicates) to get white and soft de-coloured yarn. The chemicals used for bleaching is then washed out by dropping the yarn four times in different tanks of water to remove the chemicals completely.

Dyeing and colouring of the yarn:

Dyeing of the yarn is being done by old and traditional methods, the quality of dyeing is not consistent because of unscientific method of preparing colour composition.

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