Dcasta Kashmiri Paper Mache Shikara Boat Hand Crafted Décor Showpiece Table Décor Decorative Showpiece - 6 cm  (Paper Mache, Multicolor)

As the craft lover in you perfectly chooses to pick the shikara to grace her shelf decor, she gets nostalgic about her last visit to Kashmir, and the exuberant shikara ride she had in the picturesque Dal Lake. The shikara has been handmade in the realms of the deft Paper Mache which makes a perfect souviner for those zealous collectors. Further, the proficient Naqash hand paints the shikara in plain white over which he creates bright gold chinar tree, stealing the hearts of the art lovers. Transform your interiors, with the shikara replica, and renew your travel experiences now and forever.About Paper MachePaper Mache is a delicate decorative art, born in Persia and brought to Kashmir by a Prince who spent years in a prison at Samarkand in Central Asia. The surroundings harnessed the creativity and romance for this art and finally Paper Mache took its roots in the simple homes and thus a new art form was born. Paper Mache became the folk art of Kashmir; passing down from father to son, from generation to generation. Paper Mache involves two main steps: Sakhtsazi is the actual production of the item and Naqashi is when the item is painted with any number of motifs.