KALA KI DOOR
Solapur in Maharashtra is famous for making Wall hangings that reflects its cultural values, regional sensibilities, beliefs and identity and also helps to preserve many different communities. Solapur wall hanging is a poem in multicolor, written with the warp and weft having long, rich and complex history with indigenous design vocabularies made by the artisans of the Padmasali community. The wall hanging weaving of Solapur has remained unaltered since years from being very basic and monochrome having landscapes and portraits catering only to local market to becoming a potential family income generation tool. This study focuses on the documenting the lesser known craft of Wall hanging from Solapur, Maharashtra before it gets extinct or completely forgotten. Traditional craft is often associated with intangible heritage. Behind each crafted object lie stories on how a particular culture has lived and flourished depicting their rich heritage. Traditional heritage is a living body of knowledge that is developed, sustained and passed on from generation to generation within a community, often forming part of its cultural or spiritual identity
About Artisian
Sreenivas Jindam was the Artisan. He is a citizen of solapur with a lot of work experience and has been doing it since he is there in Solapur. He is truly fascinated by the craft and knows every tiny thing about it. He got it from his ancestors. He holds a factory where he conducts all the process and sales his products to the customers as well.