India Hand Painted Humming Bird Jewelry Box

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Item: Humming Bird Box
Measurement: 3" Circle
Height: 1 1/2"

This colorful Humming Bird Box is imported from Kashmiri, India, and formed from paper-machÃƒÂ© using a traditional crafting process.

Each round Box is hand painted, which makes every one an original! As an historical art form, paper-machÃƒÂ© objects are traditionally decorated with scenes from nature or courtly scenes from India's history. Colors include Red, Green, Blue and Black on a Gold-colored background. The inside is solid Black.

The Lid is notched, so you can easily match it to the notch on the Bottom for closing. It's a great Storage Box for small jewelry items and can also be a Gift box, a Storage Box, a Catch-All Box.....so many uses!

THE PROCESS of creating a quality piece of paper-machÃƒÂ© is a lengthy one that entails many Artisans and many weeks. To being the process, the paper is soaked up to 5 weeks, then beaten into pulp by an over-sized mortar. The pulp is dried in the sun until it turns to powder, and the powder is mixed with rice water and allowed to congeal into a paste that is poured into a wooden mold and allowed to form.

When the Box is released from the mold, it is smoothed with a pumice stone and covered with tissue and glue. The background color is then applied by hand and the Box moves on to a Master Artist who sketches out the scene or design for other Artists to fill in with paints. Finally, 2 coats of lacquer are applied and the Box dries for 2-5 days.

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