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Mizo craft refers to as Mizoram handicrafts, is a traditional art and techniques of the inhabitants of Mizoram state, prominently known as the "Songbird of the North east". Its people are collectively known as Mizo. Mizo craftsmanship exists since ancient period. Its artisans use simple tools designed to produce traditional products.
Oshibana (押し花) is the art of using pressed flowers and other botanical materials to create an entire picture from these natural elements. [1] Such pressed flower art consists of drying flower petals and leaves in a flower press to flatten them, exclude light and press out moisture. These elements are then used to "paint" an artistic ...
The flowers in the pattern are sometimes dyed red. It is one of the most iconic Oshima patterns and can be seen all over the island. [24] The Sotetsu Plant (Sago Palm) Tatsugo-gara, a traditional pattern named after the town Tatsugo-cho. The pattern depicts the sago palm, The habu snake, and flowers native to the island.
Shanghai-style papercutting is a variety of papercutting practiced in south China, and in particular in Shanghai.. The making of papercuts is a popular folk art in China. In the hands of an artisan, and with the help of a knife or a pair of scissors, a piece of paper can be turned into any of a wide variety of patterns – landscapes, flowers, birds, animals and human figures.
String art has its origins in the 'curve stitch' activities invented by Mary Everest Boole at the end of the 19th century to make mathematical ideas more accessible to children. [1] It was popularised as a decorative craft in the late 1960s through kits and books.
During Loi Krathong, rafts are decorated with many objects, including banana leaves and flowers. In 1364, one of King Phra Ruang's servants, Nang Noppamart, wanted to create a unique decoration for her raft. Nang carved a flower from a vegetable, using a real flower as a pattern. She carved a bird as well and set it beside the flower.
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The Chinese were making flower arrangements as far back as 207 BCE to 220 CE, in the Han era of ancient China. Flowers were an integral component of religious teaching and medicine. Practitioners of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism placed cut flowers on their altars, a practice which dates back to 618-906 CE. They created paintings, carvings ...