Rosewood Crafts From Kerala

Rosewood is considered as the main medium to carve beautiful wooden handicrafts. Rosewood has got immense strength and sustainability compared to other types of woods. Rosewood is a very flexible medium for handicraft work. The items made out of rosewood are very durable and long lasting and are beautiful when polished.

Master craftsmen, who have years of expertise, carve these wooden crafts carefully and patiently. Experience plays a very important role here. They all start as helpers to a master craftsman and slowly took their passion as a profession. It took years for these craft people to master the art of woodcraft. Generations after generation these craft making techniques are passed without loosing its quality. It is interesting to observer that machines are used seldom and hands do most of the works. The shape of the final product is entirely dependent on craftsman's prior planning and expertise and the amount of time he is investing into these.

Apart from rosewood, other types of mediums are also used in carving. Coconut shell is one of such medium. A wide variety of items are created from Coconut shell (like coconut monkey, pen stand etc). These products are admired all over the world for their beauty and craftsmanship.

Visit Rosewood crafts to browse some of these beautiful products.

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